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69% Critic Match
The Sweet Hereafter
“There is no such thing as the simple truth.”
6.9 / 10• 1997• 1h 52m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ian Holm
Mitchell Stephens
Lead
Sarah Polley
Nicole Burnell
Tom McCamus
Sam Burnell
Gabrielle Rose
Dolores Driscoll
Alberta Watson
Risa Walker
CB
Caerthan Banks
Zoe Stephens
Maury Chaykin
Wendell Walker
Stephanie Morgenstern
Allison
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Atom Egoyan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Sweet Hereafter is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
