In the small town of Sam Dent, British Columbia, a school bus hits a patch of ice, runs through a barrier and crashes into a lake, killing 14 children. The grieving parents are approached by an out-of-town lawyer, Mitchell … See more

• Ian Holm as Mitchell Stephens
• Sarah Polley as Nicole Burnell
• Bruce Greenwood as Billy Ansel
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The film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1997, and went on to play at the Toronto International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival See more

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Adaptation
The Canadian director Atom Egoyan adapted the screenplay after his wife, the actress See more

Box office
By the spring of 1998, The Sweet Hereafter had grossed $1 million domestically. According to The Numbers, The Sweet Hereafter … See more