The Sweet Hereafter

The Sweet Hereafter

  • Director: Atom Egoyan
  • Writer: Russell Banks,Atom Egoyan
  • Countries of origin: Canada
  • Language: English
  • Release date: November 21, 1997
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: El dulce porvenir
  • "The Sweet Hereafter" is a feature film directed by Atom Egoyan and starring Ian Holm , Sarah Polley , Gabrielle Rose and Bruce Greenwood . It premiered on May 14, 1997 at the 50th Cannes International Film Festival in France   .
    The film tells the story of a small town in Canada where a car driven by a female driver, Dolores, fell into an ice lake, and 14 students in the car died. Stephens, a New York lawyer, came here, and the parents of the students who died filed a lawsuit against the car company. Story   .

    Details

    • Release date November 21, 1997
    • Filming locations Stouffville, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies Alliance Communications Corporation, Ego Film Arts, Téléfilm Canada

    Box office

    Budget

    CA$5,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $3,263,585

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $31,149

    Gross worldwide

    $3,263,585

    Movie reviews

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    • By Karlie 2022-01-08 08:03:09

      Nina's tragedies and the sweet hereafter

      Nina's tragedies and the sweet hereafter are

      right. The names of these two films are actually reversed.
      "Nina's tragedy" is actually a comedy. Finally, I found a photographer who really cherishes myself.
      "Sweet hereafter" is actually a tragedy. The narrative technique of the German fable "The Piper in Flower Dress" is really
      great. With the
      clear recitation of the heroine, every word sees blood.
      ?! I DID say the I WAS LAME All No One,
      And could not Dance...

    • By Mariela 2022-01-08 08:03:09

      The Sweet Hereafter

      On a winter night, lawyer Michel (Ian Holm) was washing a car in a car wash, when he received a phone call from his daughter, Zoe, who was drugged, and his words revealed the conceptual contradiction between father and daughter. Michelle, who was sulking, encountered the embarrassment that the door could not be opened during the car wash, and finally had to abandon the car angrily and drove away. Earlier, on the plane, Michelle met his daughter’s former friend Alison, and told him the reason...

    • By Haylie 2022-01-08 08:03:09

      Sweet afterlife

      I think it's the snow color of a small Canadian town, which gives this story a cool color quality. Of course, this is a cold movie. Although it has a name that metaphors warm hope-the sweet hereafter (sweet hereafter).
      Atom Egoyan. A name that has not been heard before. I have seen another work of him before [Where the Truth Lies] (behind the truth). The two movies I have only watched have the same complicated and intertwined time clues, and dim and indistinguishable emotional...

    • By Kamryn 2022-01-08 08:03:09

      I really want to ask those who understand, who the traffic accident lawyer will sue

      The details are very good, but the whole film is unresolved. I thought that the mystery would be revealed in the end, but it ended.

      So, I would like to ask: what does the lawyer do? Who is he going to sue? Why did the victimized parents avoid him? Why did Billy reject him angrily? Why did Nicol lie?

      It seems that all self-knowledgeable people have not answered such important clues that promote the development of the film.

      To be honest, I didn't understand. I think...

    • By Brain 2022-01-08 08:03:09

      secret

      This film is considered to be a more "orthodox" one of Igoyan's works. He lacked his signature weird music, lost mystical mysticism, lost the grotesque character and wanton sensuality, and lost the very individual experimental style. The film is more introverted and approachable in terms of story, concept, and pictures. It can be seen as an intermediate stage product of Igoyan's transition to the mainstream.

      The film is divided into two lines. One is the lawyer Michelle talking about...

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    • By Valentina 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      I always feel bad. Music is...

    • By Uriel 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      3.5 Still the discussion of original sin and the trajectories of the wounded people's struggles Igoyan's storytelling always makes people seem not so smooth and comfortable. . good...

    • By Morris 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      I always feel that it is an extremely deep and unfinished story, but the chaotic narrative method always distracts people's thoughts. It is not an easy story to watch at the moment, but after watching it, a lot of emotions are...

    • By Arch 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      The unique temperament of Canadian movies, the lonely and beautiful scenery, the depressing soundtrack, and some stories. The school bus accident is truly cruel, but it is as light as a feather. It was as if the cold sea breeze had spilled the overflowing water over the beach bank, and the foam could be seen shattering, but the deep, heavy water could not be...

    • By Dorian 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      The editing of this timeline really walks a tightrope, constantly oscillating between chic and...

    Movie plot

    In contemporary Canada, lawyer Stephens came to the small town of Sumden in British Columbia. There has just been a car accident here, which has caused panic and the town is paralyzed. It is said that the female driver Dolores was driving the school bus of the local school just after leaving an ice-covered road, she suddenly fell into the frozen lake. There were 22 students in the car and 14 people were killed. Stephens' trip was to...
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    As the first adaptation of director Atom Egoyan, "The Sweet Hereafter" inherits the structure and concepts that have always existed in his films: interlaced and complex narrative structures, meticulously crafted image sketches, and the protagonists lurking under the calm appearance. Huge pressure and inner conflict. Slightly different from the past, the director did not set a critical point for the development of the story this time,...
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    Movie quotes

    • Sam: Nicole, tomorrow Mr. Stephens wants you to make your deposition at the community center. Thought I'd take you over.

      Nicole: Great.

      Sam: You seem, uh, I don't know. Distant, I guess. Hard to talk to.

      Nicole: We didn't used to have to talk a lot, did we Daddy?

      Sam: What do you mean?

      Nicole: I mean, I'm a wheelchair girl now. And it's hard to pretend that I'm a beautiful rock star. Remember, Daddy? That beautiful stage that you were gonna build for me. You were gonna light it with nothing but candles.

    • Nicole: As you see her, two years later, I wonder if you realize something. I wonder if you understand that all of us - Dolores, me, the children who survived, the children who didn't - that we're all citizens of a different town now. A place with its own special rules and its own special laws. A town of people living in the sweet hereafter.

    • Dolores: I remember wrenching the steering wheel to the right and slapping my foot against the brake petal. I wasn't the driver anymore. The bus was like this huge wave about to break over us. Bear Otto, the Lambston kids, the Hamiltons, the Prescotts, the teenaged boys and girls from Bartlett Hill Road, Pete, Suzy, Laura, Rick, Sean Walker, Nicole Burnell, Billy Ansel's twins, Jessica and Mason... all the children of my town.

      [begins sobbing]

      Mitchell Stephens: Then what happened?