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In a small New Hampshire town, washed-up cop Wade Whitehouse has a troubled past, an abusive father, the contempt of his ex-wife and an unimpressive streak as a lawman. When hunting guide Jack Hewitt reports a businessman's accidental death during a hunting trip, Wade believes he has a chance to turn his life around, if he can prove it was murder. Increasingly obsessed, Wade begins to lose his composure during the investigation.
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Cast:
Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn -
Original Title:
Affliction -
Country:
United States of America, Canada -
Year:
1997 - 114' Subtitles: Portuguese
Director
Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader was born on July 22, 1946, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Born and raised in an ultra-puritan community of local Dutch Calvinists, he didn’t have access to the world of cinema until entering college, whence he was forbidden to watch movies by his parents. He entered the university to study theology, but later decided to switch to cinemhe started working as a film critic and, at the same time, studying Film Theory. In 1972, he wrote the celebrated book Transcendental Style In Film: Ozu, Dreyer Bresson and began writingscreenplays.
After the success, in 1976, of the screenplay for Taxi Driver, Schrader started directing his own films. His most recent feature films First Reformed (2017), The Card Counter (2021) and Master Gardener (2022) have been described by Schrader as parts of a modern trilogy.
After the success, in 1976, of the screenplay for Taxi Driver, Schrader started directing his own films. His most recent feature films First Reformed (2017), The Card Counter (2021) and Master Gardener (2022) have been described by Schrader as parts of a modern trilogy.
