Başka bir Dünya

Başka bir Dünya (The Sweet Hereafter), 1997
Canada, Blu-ray, Color, 112’, English

Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Ian Holm, Caerthan Banks, Sarah Polley
Mitchell Stephens, the big-city lawyer played by Holm, arrives in a small Canadian town. The small-town community has been struck by a terrible tragedy when a 14-year-old child was killed in a horrible manner in a bus accident. Stephens approaches the grieving parents and attempts to unite them and persuade them to sue for damages. Meanwhile, he is trying to deal with his own daughter’s drug addiction problems and is about to lose her. Nicole, the only surviving witness, is a key to the lawsuit. Through his metaphorical microscope Egoyan looks at the essence of crime and at the complexity of human relationships. More interested in the grief of those surviving than the tragedy of death, the director was nominated for the Academy Awards with this film in which he hones his skill to perfection.