Miami Beach Cinematheque. August 14th, 2008.
The Sweet Hereafter (Canada / 1997), featuring Ian Holm, Caerthan Banks, Sarah Polley and Tom McCamus, will be screened at the Miami Beach Cinematheque on August 14th, 2008.
On a winter's day, in the small rural community of Sam Dent, British Columbia, a school bus inexplicably crashes into a frozen lake, taking the lives of fourteen children and injuring many others. Shortly thereafter, Mitchell Stephens (Ian Holm), a big city lawyer, comes to the community with promises to compensate its citizens for their loss.
With a view to mounting a class-action lawsuit on behalf of the accident victims, Stephens interviews the survivors of the crash and the families who are mourning the deaths of their children. Through a series of emotionally charged meetings, we are presented with a prismatic view of the accident and its impact on the town. At the same time, through the interviews and a series of flashbacks, we discover disturbing secrets, which reveal that, in some ways, the community was already on the road to losing its children.
Miami Beach Cinematheque
512 Española Way
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305 673 4567
www.mbcinema.com
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