Affliction

Director: Paul Schrader

1997 / 114min / 35mm

In a snow-bound small town in New Hampshire, Nolte’s policeman Wade Whitehouse digs into a possible murder case, all while dealing with the death of his mother, the increasingly uncontrollable drinking of his father (James Coburn), and the persecution of inner demons. A grueling actor’s duet, and an extremely personal film for Schrader, exorcizing memories of growing up under a domestic dictator.