Drama · Canada · 1997 · 1h 52m

The Sweet Hereafter

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Director
Atom Egoyan
Cast
Ian Holm as Mitchell Stephens Sarah Polley as Nicole Burnell Tom McCamus as Sam Burnell Gabrielle Rose as Dolores Driscoll Alberta Watson as Risa Walker Caerthan Banks as Zoe Stephens
Crew
Paul Sarossy — Director of Photography Susan Shipton — Editor Mychael Danna — Original Music Composer Atom Egoyan — Screenplay Russell Banks — Novel Atom Egoyan — Producer
Tagline

There is no such thing as the simple truth.

Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
small towncanadabased on novel or booksufferingvillageparalysisbased on true storytragedylawyercar accidentschool busbritish columbia
Key Collaborators
Atom Egoyan Director Paul Sarossy Director of Photography Susan Shipton Editor Mychael Danna Original Music Composer Atom Egoyan Screenplay Russell Banks Novel Atom Egoyan Producer Camelia Frieberg Producer Phillip Barker Production Design Beth Pasternak Costume Design
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