The Sweet Hereafter

Genres: Drama

Languages: English

Year: 1997

Vote: 6.9

Festival & Award: Cannes - Grand Prix

The Sweet Hereafter

The showmakers

Atom Egoyan
Ian Holm
Sarah Polley
Tom McCamus
Gabrielle Rose

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.

Indie vibes check

A Canadian independent film with limited budget and non-mainstream storytelling, fitting the indie category.

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