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.
The Sweet Hereafter (film)
The Sweet Hereafter is a 1997 Canadian drama film written and directed by Atom Egoyan, starring Ian Holm, Sarah Polley and Bruce Greenwood, and adapted from the 1991 novel of the same name by Russell Banks.The film tells the story of a school bus accident in a small town that results in the deaths of numerous children. A class-action lawsuit ensues, proving divisive in the community and ...
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)The Sweet Hereafter (1997) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Amazon.com: The Sweet Hereafter: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley ...In synopsis The Sweet Hereafter may sound like a devastatingly unpleasant downer, but don't be discouraged. The real subjects of this luminous picture (adapted by director Atom Egoyan from Russell Banks's novel) are hope and renewal--avoiding the cheap emotions suggested by those clichéd terms.
Amazon.com: The Sweet Hereafter [DVD]: Movies & TVAtom Egoyan's most successful film to date, THE SWEET HEREAFTER garnered a staggering 42 international festival awards including the 1997 Cannes Grand Jury Prize - and was graced with two OSCAR nominations (Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay).
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)This viewer had heard many good things about this film going in, which often only sets one up for disappointment, but happily, The Sweet Hereafter delivers. Mark A Super Reviewer Jun 18, 2011
Amazon.com: Watch The Sweet Hereafter | Prime VideoWhether the town can survive its scars or maintain its sweetness hereafter, remains an open question. Holm's and Polley's performances are masterpieces of understatement. This movie came and went without my notice in 1997. I learned of it only days after Sir Ian's death and watched it on Father's Day, which turned out to be ironically appropriate.
