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The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

R 112 minutes EN Drama
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.
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Ian Holm
Mitchell Stephens
Sarah Polley
Nicole Burnell
Tom McCamus
Sam Burnell
Gabrielle Rose
Dolores Driscoll
Alberta Watson
Risa Walker
Caerthan Banks
Zoe Stephens
Maury Chaykin
Wendell Walker
Kirsten Kieferle
Stewardess
Arsinée Khanjian
Wanda Otto
Earl Pastko
Hartley Otto

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Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Costume Design
Production Design
Set Decoration
Art Direction
Script Supervisor
Production companies: Fine Line Features, Ego Film Arts, Alliance Films
Production countries: Canada
Budget: $5,000,000
Revenue: $7,951,247

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