A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.
Cast
Ian Holm
Mitchell Stephens
Sarah Polley
Nicole Burnell
Tom McCamus
Sam Burnell
Gabrielle Rose
Dolores Driscoll
Alberta Watson
Risa Walker
Caerthan Banks
Zoe Stephens
Maury Chaykin
Wendell Walker
Stephanie Morgenstern
Allison
Bruce Greenwood
Billy Ansel
Arsinée Khanjian
Wanda Otto
Earl Pastko
Hartley Otto
Simon Baker
Bear
Kirsten Kieferle
Stewardess
David Hemblen
Abbott Driscoll
Sarah Rosen Fruitman
Jessica Ansel
Marc Donato
Mason Ansel
Devon Finn
Sean Walker
Fides Krucker
Klara Stephens
Magdalena Sokolowski
Young Zoe
James D. Watts
Young Mitchell
Brooke Johnson
Mary Burnell
Allegra Denton
Jenny
Peter Donaldson
Schwartz
Russell Banks
Dr. Robeson
Mychael Danna
Live Band Harmonium Player (uncredited)
Crew
Atom Egoyan
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Allen Bell
Script Editor
Russell Banks
Novel
Susan Shipton
Editor
Dov Samuel
Assistant Editor
Paul Sarossy
Director of Photography
Joanne Rourke
Colorist
Janis Kanigan
Color Timer
Chris Hinton
Color Timer
Andy Mikita
First Assistant Director
David Webb
First Assistant Director, Associate Producer
Tracey Poirier
Second Assistant Director
Bruno Bryniarski
Second Assistant Director
Mary Sylwester
Third Assistant Director
Tami Thomson
Production Coordinator
András Hámori
Executive Producer
Robert Lantos
Executive Producer
Camelia Frieberg
Producer
Sandra Cunningham
Line Producer
Phillip Barker
Production Design
Rod Crombie
Steadicam Operator
Simone Urdl
Post Production Supervisor
Megan Conacher
Extras Casting
Suzanne Leslie
Extras Casting
Alexander Reda
Assistant Costume Designer
Patricia Boulden
Assistant Costume Designer
Beth Pasternak
Costume Design
Pat Blow
Costume Assistant
Joan Boyko
Costumer
Debra Johnson
Hairstylist
Gérald Altenburg
Assistant Hairstylist
Mary Monforte
Assistant Makeup Artist
Stephen Lynch
Assistant Makeup Artist
Sylvain Cournoyer
Makeup Artist
Larry Burkam
Art Department Assistant, Set Dresser
Steve Munro
Sound Designer, Sound Engineer, ADR Recordist
Peter Kelly
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Daniel Pellerin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Keith Elliott
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ray Campbell
Sound Assistant
Colin Baxter
Sound Assistant
Ross Redfern
Sound Recordist
Bernie Cisternas
Sound Engineer
Ron Searles
Sound Engineer
David Horton
Boom Operator
Goro Koyama
Foley Artist
Andy Malcolm
Foley Artist
Sharon Zupancic
Assistant Foley Artist
James A. Gore
Assistant Foley Artist
Ron Mellegers
Assistant Foley Artist
Tony Van den Akker
Foley Mixer
Steve Copley
Foley Mixer
David Drainie Taylor
ADR Editor
Bob Lacivita
ADR Recordist
Greg Shim
ADR Recordist
Eric Apps
ADR Recordist
Jeff Skochko
Special Effects Technician
Michael Kavanagh
Special Effects Coordinator
Robert Moon
Key Special Effects
Dawn Rivard
Special Effects
Jason Wells
Special Effects
Curtis Bradshaw
Special Effects Assistant
Teo Moon
Special Effects Assistant
Frank Falcone
Visual Effects Supervisor
James Cooper
Visual Effects Supervisor
Persis Reynolds
Visual Effects Producer
Sean Montgomery
Visual Effects
Dennis Berardi
Visual Effects
Jason Carswell
Visual Effects
Craig Small
Visual Effects
Mychael Danna
Original Music Composer
Sue Conley
Dialogue Editor
Patricia Cuccia
Set Decoration
Darryl Dennis Deegan
Lead Set Dresser
Alexandra Hooper
Lead Set Dresser
Peter Atto
Set Dresser
Jon P. Goulding
Set Designer
Johnnie Eisen
Still Photographer
Joanne T. Harwood
Script Supervisor
Eardley Wilmot
Location Manager
Lorne Davidson
Location Manager
Tracey Renyard
Assistant Location Manager
Cory Kinney
Assistant Location Manager
Selina Williams
Location Production Assistant
Matthew Williams
Location Production Assistant
Darren Robson
Location Production Assistant
Peter Szkoda
Stunt Coordinator
Cassandra Cronenberg
Assistant Director Trainee
Roberta Pazdro
Production Manager
Sandy Glud
Set Buyer
Kathleen Climie
Art Direction
Paul Winestock
First Assistant Editor
Peter Cosco
First Assistant Art Direction
