The Sweet Hereafter
Drama • R • 1997 • 1 hr 52 min
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Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Tom McCamus, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson
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Egoyan seems to have the clinical precision of Kubrick and the heart of, well, the anti-Kubrick. That works really well for this story.
A school bus tragedy, a. lawyer dealing with druggie daughter, a devastated town. Totally dour.
Unique depressing film that is beautifully presented. Might be too slow for some people.
9 out of 10 and among the very best of Canadian and 1990s films. Gorgeous directing and patient writing. Humanist display of grief.
Feels like a two hour gut-punch. Such a vivid exploration of grief and regret.
One of the most underrated dramas of the past thirty years or so. An absolute masterpiece about how grief effects a small town.
Tries to be emotional and sad, but fails because every character is the most unlikable humans on the planet
Excellent drama thriller movie, great performances and story. Well worth watching
A collection of bitter short stories were supposed to be connected by accident but failed. It has good features but is still boring
realy deep and sad movie that touch your soul
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This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
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Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.
A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town.
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Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.
A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
