The Sweet Hereafter (film)

The Sweet Hereafter is a 1997 Canadian drama film written and directed by Atom Egoyan, adapted from the novel of the same name by Russell Banks. The film was highly acclaimed upon its release and won three awards at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, as well as two Academy Award nominations.

The case depends on the few surviving witnesses to say the right things in court particularly Nicole Burnell, a 15yearold now paralyzed from the waist down. Before the accident, Nicole was an aspiring songwriter and was being sexually abused by her father, Sam Tom McCamus.One bereaved parent, Billy Ansel, distrusts Stephens and pressures Sam to drop the case Nicole overhears their argument. In the pretrial deposition, Nicole unexpectedly accuses the bus driver Dolores Driscoll Gabrielle Rose of speeding, halting the lawsuit. Stephens and Nicoles father know she is lying but can do nothing. Two years later, Stephens sees Driscoll working as a bus driver in a city. ........

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