Title The Sweet Hereafter Overview A 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. Tagline There is no such thing as the simple truth. Genres Drama Keywords canada, suffering, village, paralysis, independent film, lawyer, school bus, vehicular accident Production Companies Fine Line Features, Alliance Communications Production Countries Canada Spoken Languages English, Español Original Language en Runtime minutes 112 Release Year 1997
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 3 million USD