The Sweet Hereafter
Atom Egoyan, 1997 (9*)
Cannes Palm d’Or
Best Foreign Film (BAA)
This is an amazing indie film from Canadian Atom Egoyan, not quite like any other. It’s a quiet, almost uneventful film about a small town trying to survive their grief after a school bus accident. Ian Holm, in his best performance, is a lawyer who comes to town to try to get some financial compensation for the victim’s families. Sarah Polley plays a teen who may have been an eyewitness to the event’s cause. It’s amazing that a small, quiet film about loss and grief can even get made; then to have that be a minor masterpiece is even more amazing. Oscar nominations for director and screenplay, a British AA for foreign film.
Cannes Palm d’Or
Best Foreign Film (BAA)
This is an amazing indie film from Canadian Atom Egoyan, not quite like any other. It’s a quiet, almost uneventful film about a small town trying to survive their grief after a school bus accident. Ian Holm, in his best performance, is a lawyer who comes to town to try to get some financial compensation for the victim’s families. Sarah Polley plays a teen who may have been an eyewitness to the event’s cause. It’s amazing that a small, quiet film about loss and grief can even get made; then to have that be a minor masterpiece is even more amazing. Oscar nominations for director and screenplay, a British AA for foreign film.
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