Cinematic background from The Sweet Hereafter 1997 - 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.

The Sweet Hereafter

1997

Drama

Directors:
Atom Egoyan
Writers:
Russell Banks, Atom Egoyan
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Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man wearing a jacket and tie in the snow; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A group of people playing instruments on a stage; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man and a woman standing next to each other in a living room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man and a little girl looking at each other in front of a window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man standing in front of a truck in the snow; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man and a woman face to face with their eyes closed; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman standing next to a painting of a girl with blonde hair; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A person with long hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A person with long hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman in a blue jacket standing in front of lights; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman with a hat on a crowded train; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A young woman with long blonde hair wearing a blue sweater; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man wearing a hat and a cigarette holder; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man with a beard is holding a guitar on a stage; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A person with short blonde hair; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man standing next to a power pole in the snow; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A school bus driving down a snow covered road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man and a woman standing in the middle of a snow covered field; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman is standing in the snow near a tree; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A road going through a snow covered forest; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A group of people sitting on a bus; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman wearing ear muffs and a blue jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A bus driving through the snow on the side of a mountain; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man and a younger woman looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A person wearing a red jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man driving a car in the snow near a forest; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A person holding an umbrella in front of a building; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man and a woman sitting next to each other; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man and a woman sitting on a bench; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man and a woman sitting next to each other in a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A young boy in pajamas holding a teddy bear; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A truck driving down a snow covered mountain road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A house in the middle of a snow covered valley; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A school bus driving down a street in the snow; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man wearing glasses and a sweater; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A motel sign is lit up at night in the snow; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An a - frame cabin in the middle of a snowy field; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – Two young people sitting together on a bus; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man sitting on a couch holding a bowl of food; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man holding a guitar in front of a woman; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older woman sitting at a wooden table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man sitting on a train with a woman; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man standing in front of a school bus; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man laying in a bed with his head on a pillow; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man wearing a suit and tie holding a cell phone; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman wearing a pink ear muff and a blue jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man with long hair and a beard is sitting in front of a door; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman standing next to a door in a dark room; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A little girl getting her hair cut by a barber; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman talking on the phone while standing next to a phone booth; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man sitting in the driver's seat of a car; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A person sitting in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man wearing a blue jacket and a green tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man sitting at a table in front of a woman; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man and a woman kissing each other in front of a wall; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man wearing a suit and tie sitting at a table; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man sitting on the ground in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man sitting in front of a green couch; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man with a beard wearing a hat and a jacket; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man sitting in the back of a car talking on a cell phone; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – Two people are walking in the snow near a house; Extreme Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man talking on a cell phone while wearing glasses; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – Two people are looking out of a window at a bus stop at night; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman wearing a blue hat standing next to a man wearing a green jacket; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man sitting at a table with papers in front of him; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A person with short blonde hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A person with a beard and mustache; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – View of a person's face and hair; Extreme Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man sitting in front of a christmas tree; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man wearing glasses and wearing a hat; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man sitting in a car talking on a cell phone; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man and a woman talking to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman and a boy on a school bus; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – Two people standing in front of a house; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A person with a mustache; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman laying in a hospital bed looking sad; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman with curly hair and glasses is smiling; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An old school bus driving down a snow covered road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man in a vest looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman wearing a neck brace in front of a picture; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man wearing a vest and a tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A couple of people laying in a bed; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A woman sitting on a chair reading a book in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An old school bus parked in the snow; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man wearing a hat and a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A young boy sitting in a bed looking sad; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A group of people sitting in a car looking at a laptop computer; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A person with long brown hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A person sitting in the middle of a snow covered field; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man sitting in the back seat of a car looking out the window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man wearing glasses and a black hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A man walking in the snow in front of a house; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – An older man sitting in front of a picture of himself; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan – A young girl wearing a blue shirt and a red and white scarf; Close Up shot, Low angle