The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
There is no such thing as the simple truth.
- Released
- Runtime 1h 52m
- Director Atom Egoyan
- Genres Drama
- Rating 6.9/10 (442 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Ian Holm
as Mitchell Stephens
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Sarah Polley
as Nicole Burnell
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Tom McCamus
as Sam Burnell
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Gabrielle Rose
as Dolores Driscoll
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Alberta Watson
as Risa Walker
- Caerthan Banks as Zoe Stephens
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Maury Chaykin
as Wendell Walker
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Stephanie Morgenstern
as Allison
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Bruce Greenwood
as Billy Ansel
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Arsinée Khanjian
as Wanda Otto
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Earl Pastko
as Hartley Otto
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Simon Baker
as Bear
- Kirsten Kieferle as Stewardess
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David Hemblen
as Abbott Driscoll
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Sarah Rosen Fruitman
as Jessica Ansel
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Marc Donato
as Mason Ansel
- Devon Finn as Sean Walker
- Fides Krucker as Klara Stephens
Crew
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Atom Egoyan
Director
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Paul Sarossy
Director of Photography
- Susan Shipton Editor
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Mychael Danna
Original Music Composer
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Atom Egoyan
Producer
- Camelia Frieberg Producer
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Atom Egoyan
Screenplay
