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Affliction is a american film of genre Drama directed by Paul Schrader released in USA on 19 february 1999 with Nick Nolte
Affliction (1998)
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Add to a movie listAffliction is an American drama film produced in 1997, written and directed by Paul Schrader from the novel by Russell Banks. It stars Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn and Willem Dafoe.
Affliction tells the story of Wade Whitehouse, a small-town policeman in New Hampshire. Detached from the people around him, including a dominating father and a divorced wife, he becomes obsessed with the solving of a fatal hunting accident, leading to a series of tragic events.
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The film begins with a voice-over narration by Rolfe Whitehouse, announcing the story of his brother Wade's "strange criminal behavior" and subsequent disappearance.Actors
Nick Nolte
(Wade Whitehouse)
Sissy Spacek
(Margie Fogg)
James Coburn
(Glen Whitehouse)
Brigid Tierney
(Jill)
Willem Dafoe
(Rolfe Whitehouse)
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