Affliction

A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.

Cast

Nick Nolte

as Wade Whitehouse

Sissy Spacek

as Margie Fogg

James Coburn

as Glen Whitehouse

Willem Dafoe

as Rolfe Whitehouse

Mary Beth Hurt

as Lillian

Jim True-Frost

as Jack Hewitt

Marian Seldes

as Alma Pittman

Holmes Osborne

as Gordon LaRiviere

Brigid Tierney

as Jill

Sean McCann

as Evan Twombley

Reviews

CinemaSerf

There's always something more affecting about a story set above a wintery snowline, and though this drama in itself is not really anything special, the effort from Nick Nolte is. "Wade" is the local sheriff who is held in disdain by just about everyone from his disparaging ex-wife (Mary Beth Hurt) t...

Wuchak

**_Oddball drama about a troubled sheriff in snowy northern New Hampshire_** Shot in the winter of 1997, this is a psychological drama with some mystery, suspense and thrills, similar to "A Simple Plan," which was shot the next winter. While that film deals with corruption via the temptation of e...

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