A small Canadian town is torn apart by the appearance of an ambulance-chasing lawyer after a tragic accident involving a school bus killed many of the town's children. One key witness, however, eludes the troubled attorney: a gifted young woman confined by the tragedy to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. A morality play .. Read more
| Starring | Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Maury Chaykin, Peter Donaldson |
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| Director | Atom Egoyan |
| Genres | Drama |
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A small Canadian town is torn apart by the appearance of an ambulance-chasing lawyer after a tragic accident involving a school bus killed many of the town's children. One key witness, however, eludes the troubled attorney: a gifted young woman confined by the tragedy to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. A morality play without the sermon from EXOTICA auteur Egoyan, based on the acclaimed novel by Russell Banks. Winner of the Grand Jury award at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Academy Award nominations: Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay.
| Starring | Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Maury Chaykin, Peter Donaldson, Bruce Greenwood, David Hemblen, Brooke Johnson, Tom McCamus, Alberta Watson, Arsinee Khanjian, Simon Baker, Caerthan Banks, Russell Banks, Allegra Denton, Marc Donato, Devon Finn, Sar |
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| Director | Atom Egoyan |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 40 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1997 To Rent: DVD: 26 Mar 2001 |
"...[The] most wrenching film by the brilliantly analytical Atom Egoyan....This eloquent film also carries the exhilaration of crystal-clear artistic vision..."
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I'd heard some good things about 'The Sweet Hereafter', but to be honest from the title and synopsis I wasn't expecting much. I was just ... read more »
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Quite beautiful and moving.
A powerful character-based study of loss. The film is relatively complex yet very compelling in its look at the effect of grief on a small community when a bus ... read more »
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A Masterpiece
Sadly, the DVD supplied was 4:3 with a letterboxed widescreen image.
The good news is that this is a beautiful and moving movie. Wonderfully shot and... read more »
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Slow and strangely cut
This is I'm told the best Canadian film of all times. I beg to disagree.
However it has ome good moments and if you can bear the old TV format of... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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