The Sweet Hereafter

1997

R

1h 52m

IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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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.

Directors

Writers

Atom Egoyan(screenplay by)
Allen Bell(script editor by)
Russell Banks(novel by)
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Ian Holm
Mitchell Stephens
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Sarah Polley
Nicole Burnell
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Tom McCamus
Sam Burnell
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Gabrielle Rose
Dolores Driscoll
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Alberta Watson
Risa Walker
Caerthan Banks
Zoe Stephens
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Maury Chaykin
Wendell Walker
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Bruce Greenwood
Billy Ansel
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Earl Pastko
Hartley Otto
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David Hemblen
Abbott Driscoll
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Marc Donato
Mason Ansel
Devon Finn
Sean Walker
Fides Krucker
Klara Stephens

Directors

Writers

Atom Egoyan(screenplay by)
Allen Bell(script editor by)
Russell Banks(novel by)

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Details

Release date

September 25, 1997 (United States)

Country of origin

Canada

Language

English

Production companies

Ego Film Arts
Alliance Films

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Box office

Budget

$5,000,000

Gross worldwide

$7,951,247

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