Video: 'The Sweet Hereafter' trailer

(Thursday, May 15, 1997) — The Sweet Hereafter, a Canadian drama film about a community that plunges into tragedy when its school bus crashes into a lake, claiming the lives of more than a dozen of the town’s children, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.

Directed by Atom Egoyan, the film starred Ian Holm, Maury Chaykin, Peter Donaldson, Bruce Greenwood, David Hemblen, Brooke Johnson, Arsinée Khanjian, Tom McCamus, Stephanie Morgenstern, Earl Pastko, Sarah Polley, Gabrielle Rose and Alberta Watson.