The Sweet Hereafter 1997

Name: The Sweet Hereafter
Released: 1997-09-25
Cast: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Tom McCamus, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson

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 accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.

Directed by:	Atom Egoyan
Written by:	Atom Egoyan
Release date:	1997-09-25
Runtime:	112 minutes
Critics score:	100 / 100
Tagline:	There is no such thing as the simple truth.