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The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
7.8
Ratings: 7.8/10 from 18,224 users
Metascore:
90/100
Reviews: 183 user | 106 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com
This film documents the effects of a tragic bus accident on the population of a small town. Director:Atom Egoyan |
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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| Gabrielle Rose | ... |
Dolores Driscoll
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Risa
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| Maury Chaykin | ... |
Wendell
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Allison
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Kirsten Kieferle | ... |
Stewardess
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| Arsinée Khanjian | ... |
Wanda
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Earl Pastko | ... |
Hartley
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| Simon Baker | ... |
Bear
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David Hemblen | ... |
Abbott
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Sarah Rosen Fruitman | ... |
Jessica
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Storyline
A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children. A lawyer visits the victims' parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up the their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its anger and cannot let go. All but one young girl, left in a wheelchair after the accident, who finds the courage to lead the way toward healing. Written by Matthew Tichenor <mticheno@direct.ca>
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There is no such thing as the simple truth. See more »Genres:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
De beaux lendemains See more »Box Office
Budget:
$CAD5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$73,547 (USA) (23 November 1997) (5 Screens)Gross:
$3,252,652 (USA) (12 April 1998)Company Credits
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Words and Music by The Tragically Hip
Sam Dent version arranged by Mychael Danna
Vocal by Sarah Polley See more »
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Atom Egoyan was inspired to do this movie by a novel his wife Arsinée Khanjian gave him as a Christmas gift. See more »Goofs
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Stephens visits the Ottos, and Mr. Otto offers him some tea, we hear a teakettle whistling but the one we see on the cooker is not the whistling type. See more »Quotes
Nicole: As you see her, two years later, I wonder if you realize something. I wonder if you understand that all of us - Dolores, me, the children who survived, the children who didn't - that we're all citizens of a different town now. A place with its own special rules and its own special laws. A town of people living in the sweet hereafter.See more »
Connections
Featured in Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004) See more »Soundtracks
"Courage"Words and Music by The Tragically Hip
Sam Dent version arranged by Mychael Danna
Vocal by Sarah Polley See more »
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