Affliction [videorecording] / Universal Pictures ; Lion's Gate Films ; Largo Entertainment ; produced by Linda Reisman; written and directed by Paul Schrader.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997. Based on the novel by Russell Banks. Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt, Jim True.
Summary:
When events shatter the quiet life of his small New Hampshire town, Sheriff Wade Whitehouse, with the aid of his girlfriend, is forced to confront his past and reexamine his life. Determined to fill the emptiness, he must either stand tall against his childhood demons or fall victim to his father's abusive ways.
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