The Sweet Hereafter
395 reviews
Drama
1h 52m
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'...
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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.
- DirectorAtom Egoyan
- Release25 September 1997
- GenreDrama
- Duration1h 52m
- Budget$5,000,000
- Revenue$7,951,247
- Rate395 reviews
- Productions
Ego Film Arts, Alliance Films
Cast

Ian Holm
Mitchell Stephens

Sarah Polley
Nicole Burnell

Tom McCamus
Sam Burnell

Gabrielle Rose
Dolores Driscoll

Alberta Watson
Risa Walker

Maury Chaykin
Wendell Walker

Stephanie Morgenstern
Allison

Arsinée Khanjian
Wanda Otto

Earl Pastko
Hartley Otto

Simon Baker
Bear

David Hemblen
Abbott Driscoll

Bruce Greenwood
Billy Ansel

Sarah Rosen Fruitman
Jessica Ansel

Marc Donato
Mason Ansel

Brooke Johnson
Mary Burnell

Russell Banks
Dr. Robeson

Mychael Danna
Live Band Harmonium Player (uncredited)
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