The Sweet Hereafter

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.

6.909

112 min

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

Marc Donato

as Mason Ansel

Devon Finn

as Sean Walker

Fides Krucker

as Klara Stephens

Magdalena Sokolowski

as Young Zoe

James D. Watts

as Young Mitchell

Brooke Johnson

as Mary Burnell

Allegra Denton

as Jenny

Peter Donaldson

as Schwartz

Russell Banks

as Dr. Robeson

Mychael Danna

as Live Band Harmonium Player (uncredited)

Director

Atom Egoyan