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  1. The Sweet Hereafter is a 1997 Canadian drama film written and directed by Atom Egoyan, adapted from the 1991 novel by Russell Banks. It tells the story of a school bus accident in a small town that kills 14 children. A class-action lawsuit ensues, proving divisive in the community and becoming tied with personal and family issues.

  2. Nov 21, 1997 · The Sweet Hereafter: Directed by Atom Egoyan. With Ian Holm, Caerthan Banks, Sarah Polley, Tom McCamus. A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn't what it seems.

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    • Atom Egoyan
    • 1997-11-21
  3. Dec 23, 1997 · A cold, dark hillside looms above the Bide-a-Wile Motel, pressing down on it, crushing out the life with the gray weight of winter. It is one of the strongest images in Atom Egoyan's “The Sweet Hereafter,” which takes place in a small Canadian town, locked in by snow and buried in grief after 14 children are killed in a school bus accident. To this town comes a quiet man, a lawyer who ...

  4. Synopsis. 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 ...

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  5. Mar 7, 2001 · The Sweet Hereafter (1997) Reviewed by David Wood. Updated 7 March 2001. Mitchell Stephens (Holm), a big city lawyer, descends upon a small Canadian town to investigate a tragic bus accident that ...

  6. The Sweet Hereafter, Canadian dramatic film, released in 1997, about a lawyer ( Ian Holm) who comes to a small town to sign clients for a lawsuit after a school bus accident. It won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes film festival and received Academy Award nominations for best director ( Atom Egoyan) and best adapted screenplay (Egoyan).

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  8. A reasonable film but one I'll likely forget soon enough. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews The Sweet Hereafter

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