The Sweet Hereafter
1997, Film, 112 min, Drama, English, Canada, MoviePedia score 78
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.
Directed by Atom Egoyan
Cast
- Ian Holm as Mitchell Stephens
- Sarah Polley as Nicole Burnell
- Caerthan Banks as Zoe Stephens
- Tom McCamus as Sam Burnell
- Gabrielle Rose as Dolores Driscoll
- Alberta Watson as Risa Walker
- Maury Chaykin as Wendell Walker
- Stephanie Morgenstern as Allison O'Donnell
- Kirsten Kieferle as Stewardess
- Arsinée Khanjian as Wanda Otto
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