The Sweet Hereafter

Atom Egoyan's haunting adaptation of the Russell Banks novel The Sweet Hereafter was the Canadian filmmaker's most successful film to date, taking home a Special Grand Jury Prize at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival and scoring a pair of Academy Award nominations, including Best Director. Restructured ...more

Rarely has a film offered a more haunting, poignant look at the aftermath of a tragedy than director Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter, skillfully adapted from Russell Banks' novel of the same name. As the class-action lawyer who may be motivated by his own concerns, Ian Holm aids the director immensely with his complex, sympathetic performance. Egoyan's unparalleled visual aptitude is in full flourish: the chilly Canadian landscape is a character unto itself, and the director renders the tragic ...more