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The Sweet Hereafter

1997 · 112 min · Drama

After a school-bus crash kills many of the children in a small mountain town, a big-city lawyer arrives to organize a class-action suit, unearthing the community's grief and its secrets. Atom Egoyan's mournful, elliptical drama.

Why it’s here

A major English Canadian drama about grief, law, and small-town fracture.

Runtime
112 min
Genre
Drama
Mood
thoughtful · dark · uplifting
Entry
some context
Best for
character-driven drama
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