The Sweet Hereafter

The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

There is no such thing as the simple truth.

A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.

Date of release
1997-09-25
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (443)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Drama
Director
Atom Egoyan

Casting

  • Ian Holm — Mitchell Stephens
  • Sarah Polley — Nicole Burnell
  • Tom McCamus — Sam Burnell
  • Gabrielle Rose — Dolores Driscoll
  • Alberta Watson — Risa Walker
  • Caerthan Banks — Zoe Stephens
  • Maury Chaykin — Wendell Walker
  • Stephanie Morgenstern — Allison
  • Bruce Greenwood — Billy Ansel
  • Arsinée Khanjian — Wanda Otto
  • Earl Pastko — Hartley Otto
  • Simon Baker — Bear

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