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The Sweet Hereafter(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-09-25
69%
401 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Canada
Budget: $5,000,000.00
Revenue: $7,951,247.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Sweet Hereafter
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ian Holm
Mitchell Stephens
Sarah Polley
Nicole Burnell
Tom McCamus
Sam Burnell
Gabrielle Rose
Dolores Driscoll
Alberta Watson
Risa Walker
Maury Chaykin
Wendell Walker
Stephanie Morgenstern
Allison
Arsinée Khanjian
Wanda Otto
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Atom Egoyan & Sarah Polley Celebrate THE SWEET HEREAFTER | TIFF 2024
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Atom Egoyan & Sarah Polley Celebrate THE SWEET HEREAFTER | TIFF 2024 - Featurette
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