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The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Atom Egoyan
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    Mitchell Stephens Ian Holm
  • Profile picture of Sarah Polley
    Nicole Burnell Sarah Polley
  • Profile picture of Tom McCamus
    Sam Burnell Tom McCamus
  • Profile picture of Gabrielle Rose
    Dolores Driscoll Gabrielle Rose
  • Profile picture of Alberta Watson
    Risa Walker Alberta Watson
  • Profile picture of Maury Chaykin
    Wendell Walker Maury Chaykin
  • Profile picture of Stephanie Morgenstern
    Allison Stephanie Morgenstern
  • Profile picture of Arsinée Khanjian
    Wanda Otto Arsinée Khanjian

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  • canada
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  • paralysis
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  • car accident
  • school bus
  • british columbia