The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

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Synopsis
Atom Egoyan's haunting adaptation of the Russell Banks novel The Sweet Hereafter was the Canadian filmmaker's most successful film to date, taking home a Special Grand Jury Prize at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival and scoring a pair of Academy Award nominations, including "Best Director." Restructured to fit Egoyan's signature mosaic narrative style, the story concerns the cultural aftershocks which tear apart a small British Columbia town in the wake of a schoolbus accident which leaves a number of local children dead. Ian Holm stars as Mitchell Stephens, a big-city lawyer who arrives in the interest of uniting the survivors to initiate a lawsuit; his maneuvering only drives the community further apart, reopening old wounds and jeopardizing any hopes of emotional recovery. Like so many of Egoyan's features, The Sweet Hereafter is a serious and painfully honest exploration of family grief; no character is immune from the sense of utter devastation which grips the film, not even the attorney, whose interests are in part motivated by his own remorse over the fate of his daughter, an HIV-positive drug addict. A sobering, beautifully-realized examination of the ties that bind -- and which can be severed at any time. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide

Production Crew

Kathleen Climie	Art Director
Patricia Cuccia	Art Director
David J.Webb	Associate Producer
Russell Banks	Book Author
Paul Sarossy	Cinematographer
Mychael Danna	Composer (Music Score)
Sarah Polley	Composer (Music Score)
Beth Pasternak	Costume Designer
Atom Egoyan	Director
Susan Shipton	Editor
Andras Hamori	Executive Producer
Robert Lantos	Executive Producer
Atom Egoyan	Producer
Camelia Frieberg	Producer
Philip Barker	Production Designer
Phillip Barker	Production Designer
Atom Egoyan	Screenwriter
Andy Malcolm	Sound Editor
David Dranie Taylor	Sound Editor
Goro Koyama	Sound Editor
Sue Conley	Sound Editor
Daniel Pellerin	Sound/Sound Designer
Keith Elliott	Sound/Sound Designer
Peter Kelly	Sound/Sound Designer
Ross Redfern	Sound/Sound Designer
Steve Munro	Sound/Sound Designer
Tony van den Akker	Sound/Sound Designer

Genre
Drama

Awards
1997 - Best Canadian Film - Toronto Film Critics Association
1997 - Best Ensemble Acting - National Board of Review
1997 - Best Foreign Film - Independent Spirit Award
1997 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1997 - Best Picture - Toronto Film Critics Association
1997 - Best Picture (Runner-up) - National Society of Film Critics
1997 - FIPRESCI Award - Cannes International Film Festival
1997 - Grand Jury Prize - Cannes International Film Festival
1997 - Grand Jury Prize - Cannes Film Festival
1997 - FIPRESCI Award - Cannes Film Festival
1997 - Best Picture - Genie Awards
1997 - Grand Jury Prize - Cannes Film Festival
1997 - FIPRESCI Award - Cannes Film Festival
1997 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1997 - Best Ensemble Acting - National Board of Review
1997 - Best Foreign Film - Independent Spirit Awards
1997 - Best Picture - Toronto Film Critics Association
1997 - Best Canadian Film - Toronto Film Critics Association
1997 - Best Picture (Runner-up) - National Society of Film Critics
1997 - Best Picture - Genie Awards
1997 - Film Presented - Telluride Film Festival

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The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

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