A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to the town to defend the families, but he discovers that everything is not what it seems.
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Atom Egoyan
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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 <[email protected]>
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10 October 1997 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
CAD 5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$31,149, 10 October 1997, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$3,252,652, 12 April 1998Company Credits
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Billy Ansell: Not unless you can raise the dead.
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Music by Mychael Danna
Lyrics by Sarah Polley
Performed by The Sam Dent Band
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Polley's character, Nicole, was an aspiring singer before the accident, and is seen on stage at various points in the film performing The Tragically Hip's "Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" and Jane Siberry's "One More Colour". The Tragically Hip's original version of "Courage" also appears in the film. It was Polley's idea to rework "Courage" for the closing credits, a version she personally sang. See more »Goofs
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
Mitchell Stephens: I can help you.Billy Ansell: Not unless you can raise the dead.
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Dog Track DrizzleMusic by Mychael Danna
Lyrics by Sarah Polley
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This was one of the saddest films I have ever seen. I do not mean that in bad way though. I have seen sad films that made me depressed and I usually disliked them because of this. The Sweet Hereafter is different though. It is a sad film without being manipulative and fake. The film brilliantly shows how people need to have revenge. After a bus accident where all but two are killed the people of the town, after a lawyer pushes them on, become obsessed with suing those responsible. Egoyan looks at how people can not accept that things happen by accident. The people of the town feel that someone has to pay for the pain they are feeling and in the end they are the ones to pay for it. The acting is excellent, especially Ian Holm. Once you become accustomed to the time shifts this is an incredibly rewarding film that you will always remember.