The Sweet Hereafter

1997·Movie
1h 52min
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About

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.
Tragic LossSmall Town DramaMoral AmbiguityGrief and HealingEmotional ResonanceIntimate StorytellingPhilosophical UndertonesHaunting ScoreCommunity Dynamics

Crew

Directed by:
David Webb, Andy Mikita, Atom Egoyan
Written by:
Atom Egoyan, Russell Banks, Allen Bell
Produced by:
David Webb, Robert Lantos, Atom Egoyan
Composed by:
Bob Lacivita, Keith Elliott, Andy Malcolm

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