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The Sweet Hereafter (1996)
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In synopsis The Sweet Hereafter may sound like a devastatingly unpleasant downer, but don't be discouraged. The real subjects of this luminous picture (adapted by director Atom Egoyan from Russell Banks's novel) are hope and renewal--avoiding the cheap emotions suggested by those clichéd terms. Like other Egoyan films (Exotica, for one), it's an intriguing sort of mystery, a puzzle in which the big picture is not revealed until the very last piece is in place. A metropolitan attorney (Ian Holm) travels to a small British Columbian town where 14 children have been killed in a school bus accident to prepare a class-action...
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A gorgeous Canadian film adapted from the Russell Banks novel of the same name. This tells the story of a town torn apart by the tragedy of losing all their children, save one.
Sarah Polley is heart-breaking and brilliant as the one survivor. Her life before the bus crash is reassessed and she comes to terms with the...
(complete The Sweet Hereafter review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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