Film

The Sweet Hereafter

1997 · 1h 52m · Drama

There is no such thing as the simple truth.

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

98%

Metacritic

91

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.

Ian Holm

Mitchell Stephens

Sarah Polley

Nicole Burnell

Tom McCamus

Sam Burnell

Gabrielle Rose

Dolores Driscoll

Alberta Watson

Risa Walker

Caerthan Banks

Zoe Stephens

Maury Chaykin

Wendell Walker

Stephanie Morgenstern

Allison

Bruce Greenwood

Billy Ansel

Arsinée Khanjian

Wanda Otto

Earl Pastko

Hartley Otto

Simon Baker

Bear

Kirsten Kieferle

Stewardess

David Hemblen

Abbott Driscoll

Sarah Rosen Fruitman

Jessica Ansel

Marc Donato

Mason Ansel

• Atom EgoyanDirector · Producer · Screenplay
• Russell BanksNovel
• Camelia FriebergProducer
• Robert LantosExecutive Producer
• András HámoriExecutive Producer
• Paul SarossyDirector of Photography
• Mychael DannaOriginal Music Composer
• Susan ShiptonEditor

Sweet Hereafter Trailer

Release date

September 25, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$7,951,247

Genres

Drama

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