Title | : | The Sweet Hereafter |
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Release | : | 1997 |
Rating | : | 7.7 |
Language | : | English |
Runtime | : | 112 |
Genre | : | Drama |
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.
Russell Banks (novel), Atom Egoyan (screenplay)