The Sweet Hereafter
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After a school bus crash kills fourteen children in a small mountain town, a big-city lawyer arrives to file a lawsuit — but his presence only deepens the community's wounds.
Why watch: Won the Grand Prix at Cannes. Egoyan was the first Canadian to take it.
Cast
Ian Holm as Mitchell Stephens
Sarah Polley as Nicole Burnell
Tom McCamus as Sam Burnell
Gabrielle Rose as Dolores Driscoll
Alberta Watson as Risa Walker
Caerthan Banks as Zoe Stephens
Maury Chaykin as Wendell Walker
Stephanie Morgenstern as Allison
Bruce Greenwood as Billy Ansel
Arsinée Khanjian as Wanda Otto
Earl Pastko as Hartley Otto
Simon Baker as Bear
Kirsten Kieferle as Stewardess
David Hemblen as Abbott Driscoll
Sarah Rosen Fruitman as Jessica Ansel
Crew
Atom Egoyan — Director
Atom Egoyan — Screenplay
Russell Banks — Novel
Atom Egoyan — Producer
Camelia Frieberg — Producer
Robert Lantos — Executive Producer
András Hámori — Executive Producer
Paul Sarossy — Director of Photography
Susan Shipton — Editor
Kathleen Climie — Art Direction
Phillip Barker — Production Design
Beth Pasternak — Costume Design
Mychael Danna — Original Music Composer
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