The Sweet Hereafter

1997 1h 52m ★6.9

The Sweet Hereafter

“There is no such thing as the simple truth.”

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.

Release Date September 25, 1997
Runtime 1h 52m
Country Canada
Language English
Director Atom Egoyan
Category Drama
Rating 6.9 / 10 (TMDb)
Year 1997
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