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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.
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.
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 wants to represent the residents in a class action suit.
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 (Ian Holm) arrives to help the survivors' and victims...
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Based on the 1991 novel by Russell Banks, The Sweet Hereafter recounts the fictional events leading up to and following a school bus accident that kills 14 children in a small town in the British Columbia interior. The story follows the families whose lives irrevocably change and a big-city lawyer, Mitchell Stephens (Ian Holm), who hopes to ...
The Sweet Hereafter is a 1991 novel by American author Russell Banks. It is set in a small town in the aftermath of a deadly school bus accident that has killed most of the town's children. The novel was adapted into an award-winning 1997 film of the same name by Canadian director Atom Egoyan.
Plot. The Sweet Hereafter. Summaries. A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn't what it seems. A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children.
