The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

7.5	Listal rating
7.8	IMDB rating

Canada (6), Drama (6), Tragedy (5), 1990s (4), Family (3), Oscar Nominee (2), Loss Of Child (2), Cannes Winner (2), Indie (1), {drama 04} (1), Soulsearch (1), 03 (1), (1997) (1), *saipal (1), Mystery (1)

Description

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)

Directed by

Atom Egoyan

Starring (View all) :

Mitchell Stevens

Zoe Stevens

Nicole Burnell

Sam Burnell

Dolores Discolt

Risa

Wendell

Stephanie Morgenstern

Allison

Kirsten Kieferle

Stewardess

Arsinée Khanjian

Wanda

Written by (View all) :

Russell Banks

(novel)

Atom Egoyan

(screenplay)

Videos


	'Courage' Sweet Hereafter Trailer

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Ratings of The Sweet Hereafter

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Prelude

#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

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