The Sweet Hereafter ( De beaux lendemains )

The Sweet Hereafter (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: De beaux lendemains
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
112 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Atom Egoyan

Written By:
Atom Egoyan
Russell Banks

Actors:
Ian Holm ..... Mitchell
Caerthan Banks ..... Zoe
Sarah Polley ..... Nicole
Tom McCamus ..... Sam
Gabrielle Rose ..... Dolores
Alberta Watson ..... Risa
Maury Chaykin ..... Wendell
Stephanie Morgenstern ..... Allison
Kirsten Kieferle ..... Stewardess
Arsinée Khanjian ..... Wanda
Earl Pastko ..... Hartley
Simon Baker ..... Bear
David Hemblen ..... Abbott
Bruce Greenwood ..... Billy
Sarah Rosen Fruitman ..... Jessica

Synopsis:

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 to fit Egoyan's signature mosaic narrative style, the story concerns the cultural aftershocks which tear apart a small British Columbia town in the wake of a schoolbus accident which leaves a number of local children dead. Ian Holm stars as Mitchell Stephens, a big-city lawyer who arrives in the interest of uniting the survivors to initiate a lawsuit; his maneuvering only drives the community further apart, reopening old wounds and jeopardizing any hopes of emotional recovery. Like so many of Egoyan's features, The Sweet Hereafter is a serious and painfully honest exploration of family grief; no character is immune from the sense of utter devastation which grips the film, not even the attorney, whose interests are in part motivated by his own remorse over the fate of his daughter, an HIV-positive drug addict. A sobering, beautifully-realized examination of the ties that bind -- and which can be severed at any time.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 09 August, 2006.

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