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The Sweet Hereafter
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The film centers on Mitchell Stephens is a lawyer comes to town after the car accident. He promises a retribution for the community. Unfortunately, he uncovers the dark side of secrets so he attempts to protect his happy family.
The film centers on Mitchell Stephens is a lawyer comes to town after the car accident. He promises a retribution for the community. Unfortunately, he uncovers the dark side of secrets so he attempts to protect his happy family.
Actors:
Marc Donato,
Magdalena Sokoloski,
Devon Finn,
Peter Donaldson,
Sarah Rosen Fruitman,
Earl Pastko,
Stephanie Morgenstern
Marc Donato
25 January 1989, Canada
Magdalena Sokoloski
Devon Finn
Peter Donaldson
1953, Midland, Ontario, Canada
Sarah Rosen Fruitman
1989
Earl Pastko
Stephanie Morgenstern
10 December 1965, Geneva, Switzerland
Genre:
Drama
Country:
International
Keywords:
#Alliance Communications Corporation #Atom Egoyan #Caerthan Banks #Ego Film Arts #Ian Holm #Sarah Polley #The Sweet Hereafter #Téléfilm Canada
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
January 29, 2005
...intelligent, stately paced film
November 16, 2015
A film that touches on the essence of love by throwing us into the abyss of loss, The Sweet Hereafter marks the apex of the English-Canadian film tradition as it navigates the empty space left in the wake of tragedy with a gentle, but unsentimental eye.
February 14, 2001
Canadian writer-director Atom Egoyan's most ambitious work to date, The Sweet Hereafter is a rich, complex meditation on the impact of a terrible tragedy on a small town.
October 24, 2004
Molds the past, present, and future into a tapestry of the cyclical nature of human suffering.
Houston Chronicle
January 01, 2000
The film searches for that place in the heart where we feel sadness and squeezes it persuasively.
March 17, 2017
Egoyan's most successful film to date.
November 06, 2002
A delicate and touching story.
August 03, 2012
In its unsparing depiction of the loneliness and despair that afflicts the tragedy-wracked town of Sam Dent, The Sweet Hereafter is one of the coldest movies ever made.
January 01, 2000
A beautiful elegy about family and community, death and healing...
March 08, 2009
Cuts to the bone and stays there long after its end credits have finished rolling.
February 14, 2001
Though this is Egoyan's first adaptation, The Sweet Hereafter could serve as a model for how to do it right.
New York Times
January 01, 2000
In a season of expertly adapted contemporary fiction (like "L.A. Confidential" and "The Ice Storm"), this fusion of Banks's and Egoyan's sensibilities stands as a particularly inspired mix.