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The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

7.5 Listal rating
7.8 IMDB rating

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A lawyer, pursued by the demons of losing a daughter to drugs, comes to a Canadian town where 20 children have died in a tragic school bus accident. He wants the parents to sue, to determine who was at fault, and to focus their anger on making those at fault pay. Told partly in flashbacks to the days leading up to the accident, we also follow the a ... (more)


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Starring (View all) :
Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Mitchell Stevens
Caerthan Banks

Caerthan Banks

Zoe Stevens
Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley

Nicole Burnell
Tom McCamus

Tom McCamus

Sam Burnell
Gabrielle Rose

Gabrielle Rose

Dolores Discolt
Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin

Wendell
Kirsten Kieferle

Kirsten Kieferle

Stewardess


Written by (View all) :
Russell Banks

Russell Banks

(novel)
Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan

(screenplay)


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#1 tearjerker

Posted : 2 years, 9 months ago at Feb 16 7:11
The film is told in flashbacks, and by the end, when they show the scene with the bus, it's probably the most nerve-wrecking goose-bump emotional scene ever filmed. Unless you have no soul, you'll be be bawling your eyes out. I thought it was a beautiful film before, but now that I have two little daughters of my own, the film is oh so much harder to watch. I couldnt even imagine how I'd feel if I lost them in an instant.

Rating : 9/10