The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

09/25/1997 (CA) • 1h 52m

Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Ian Holm

Mitchell Stephens

Sarah Polley

Nicole Burnell

Tom McCamus

Sam Burnell

Gabrielle Rose

Dolores Driscoll

Alberta Watson

Risa Walker

Caerthan Banks

Zoe Stephens

Maury Chaykin

Wendell Walker

Bruce Greenwood

Billy Ansel


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,000,000.00

Revenue

$7,951,247.00

Keywords

small town

canada

based on novel or book

suffering

village

paralysis

based on true story

tragedy

lawyer

car accident

school bus

british columbia

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