

The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
- R
- 10/04/1997 (US)
- Drama
- 1h 52m
There is no such thing as the simple truth.
Overview
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.
Atom Egoyan
Screenplay, DirectorRussell Banks
NovelCast

Ian Holm
Mitchell Stephens
Sarah Polley
Nicole Burnell
Tom McCamus
Sam Burnell
Gabrielle Rose
Dolores Driscoll
Alberta Watson
Risa WalkerCaerthan Banks
Zoe Stephens
Maury Chaykin
Wendell Walker