The Sweet Hereafter

Ordinary People if the town fought back. A lawyer arrives in a grief-stricken small town after a school bus tragedy, hoping to launch a class-action suit. But he finds the families resist him in unexpected ways. Ian Holm anchors Egoyan's chilly vision.

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Atom Egoyan directed The Sweet Hereafter in 1997. See Atom Egoyan's full filmography, where to start with Atom Egoyan, or where to go after you've seen everything by Atom Egoyan.

The Sweet Hereafter was released in 1997 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 112 minutes.