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The Sweet Hereafter

1997 · 1h 52m · Drama

There is no such thing as the simple truth.

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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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
• Maury Chaykin as Wendell Walker
• Stephanie Morgenstern as Allison
• Bruce Greenwood as Billy Ansel
• Arsinée Khanjian as Wanda Otto
• Earl Pastko as Hartley Otto
• Simon Baker as Bear

Details

Director

Atom Egoyan

Released

September 25, 1997

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Drama

Studio

Ego Film Arts and Alliance Films

Status

Released

TMDB score

6.9 / 10 from 443 votes