Everything You Ever Need To Know About Life...

... you can learn from:

The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

Mason: Nicole, did the Pied Piper take the children away 

because he was mad that the town didn't pay him? 

Nicole: That's right. 

Mason: Well, if he knew magic, if he could get the kids 

into the mountain, why couldn't he use his magic pipe 

to make the people pay him for getting rid of the rats? 

Nicole: Because... he wanted them to be punished. 

Mason: So he was mean? 

Nicole: No, not mean, just... very angry. 

A happy 56 to director Atom Egoyan today.

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