--- title: 'The Sweet Hereafter (1997)' type: 'film' director: 'Atom Egoyan' released: '1997-01-01' runtime_minutes: 112 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Canada' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sweet-hereafter-1997' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120255/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Sweet Hereafter (1997) 1997 · R · 112 min · Drama · Canada ## Synopsis The Sweet Hereafter is a 1997 Canadian drama film written and directed by Atom Egoyan, adapted from the 1991 novel by Russell Banks. It tells the story of a school bus accident in a small town that kills 14 children. Survivors and grieving parents file a class-action lawsuit. This proves divisive in the community and becomes tied with personal and family issues. The ensemble cast includes Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Maury Chaykin, Bruce Greenwood, Tom McCamus, Gabrielle Rose, Arsinée Khanjian and Alberta Watson. ## Credits - **Director:** [Atom Egoyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/atom-egoyan) - **Screenplay:** [Atom Egoyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/atom-egoyan) - **Producer:** [Atom Egoyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/atom-egoyan) - **Original Music Composer:** [Mychael Danna](https://cinepixo.com/people/mychael-danna) - **Director of Photography:** [Paul Sarossy](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-sarossy) - **Editor:** [Susan Shipton](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-shipton) ## Cast - [Maury Chaykin](https://cinepixo.com/people/maury-chaykin) - [Marc Donato](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-donato) - [Stephanie Morgenstern](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephanie-morgenstern) - [Ian Holm](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-holm) - [Tom McCamus](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-mccamus) - [Arsinée Khanjian](https://cinepixo.com/people/arsinee-khanjian) - [Bruce Greenwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-greenwood) - [Sarah Polley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-polley) - [Simon R. Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-r-baker) - [Alberta Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberta-watson) - [Gabrielle Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabrielle-rose) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sweet-hereafter-1997 Film facts: Wikidata (Q135315); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.