
Feature film — 1997
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 444 votes.
Ego Film Arts / Alliance Films
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Director: Atom Egoyan
On screen
Cast & crew

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
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