Overview
Plot
A school bus accident kills more than a dozen children in a small Canadian mountain town. A big-city lawyer arrives to help families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts push the townspeople further apart. A teenage survivor reckons with a different kind of loss.
- Directors
- Atom Egoyan
- Cast
- Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Tom McCamus, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson, Caerthan Banks, Maury Chaykin, Stephanie Morgenstern, Bruce Greenwood, Arsinée Khanjian, Earl Pastko, Simon Baker, Kirsten Kieferle, David Hemblen, Sarah Rosen Fruitman, Marc Donato, Devon Finn, Fides Krucker, Magdalena Sokolowski, James D. Watts
- Country
- Canada
- Genre
- Drama
- Release date
- 1997-09-25
- Studios
- Ego Film Arts, Alliance Films
Plot
Warning: spoilers
The Sweet Hereafter Plot and Cast
In a small mountain community in Canada, a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen children dead. A big-city lawyer comes to help the survivors and victims' families prepare a class-action lawsuit, yet his presence only deepens divisions among the townspeople. Meanwhile, one teenage survivor must confront the loss of innocence caused by a different kind of damage.
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