The Sweet Hereafter
1997A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.
Acted in
Ian Holm
as Mitchell Stephens
Sarah Polley
as Nicole Burnell
Tom McCamus
as Sam Burnell
Gabrielle Rose
as Dolores Driscoll
Alberta Watson
as Risa Walker
Caerthan Banks
as Zoe Stephens
Maury Chaykin
as Wendell Walker
Stephanie Morgenstern
as Allison
Kirsten Kieferle
as Stewardess
Arsinée Khanjian
as Wanda Otto
Earl Pastko
as Hartley Otto
Simon Baker
as Bear
David Hemblen
as Abbott Driscoll
Bruce Greenwood
as Billy Ansel
Sarah Rosen Fruitman
as Jessica Ansel
Marc Donato
as Mason Ansel
Devon Finn
as Sean Walker
Fides Krucker
as Klara Stephens
Magdalena Sokolowski
as Young Zoe
James D. Watts
as Young Mitchell
Brooke Johnson
as Mary Burnell
Allegra Denton
as Jenny
Peter Donaldson
as Schwartz
Russell Banks
as Dr. Robeson
Mychael Danna
as Live Band Harmonium Player (uncredited)