Sweet Afterlife
Atom Egoyan
Ian Holm, Caerwen Banks, Sarah Polley, Tom McCamus, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson, Maury Chaykin, Stephanie Morgenstern, Kirsten Kieferle, Ahnini Hanyan, Earl Pastko, Simon Baker, David Hayman, Bruce Greenwood, Sarah Rosen Furman
1997
Canada
Completed
English
112 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known asThe Sweet Hereafter，is aCanadaProducerwomen sex，At1997Released in year
。The dialogue language isEnglish，Current Douban rating7.2(For reference only)。
On a winter night, lawyer Michelle (played by Ian Holm) receives a call from his drug-addicted daughter Zoe while washing his car at a car wash, revealing their ideological conflicts. Frustrated, Michelle faces the embarrassment of a car door that won't open and ultimately storms away, abandoning the vehicle. Earlier, on a plane, Michelle encountered his daughter's former friend Allison and shared the reasons behind the rift between him and his daughter... Michelle witnesses a car accident in a small town, where a school bus carrying school-aged children flips into a lake while trying to avoid an oncoming vehicle, resulting in many families losing their loved ones. During his visits, Michelle encounters a variety of families with dysfunctional relationships, domestic violence, and chronic illnesses. In an effort to help them seek compensation from the government, the lawyer embarks on a difficult journey of altruism... The film won the Jury Prize at the 50th Cannes Film Festival.