

Affliction
1998-02-12 · 114 min · ★ 6.3
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
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Production details
- Directors
- Paul Schrader
- Production companies
- Largo Entertainment, Reisman / Kingsgate Productions
- Countries
- United States of America, Canada, Japan
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 6,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 6,330,054
Top Cast
Nick NolteWade Whitehouse
Sissy SpacekMargie Fogg
James CoburnGlen Whitehouse
Willem DafoeRolfe Whitehouse
Mary Beth HurtLillian
Jim True-FrostJack Hewitt
Marian SeldesAlma Pittman
Holmes OsborneGordon LaRiviere
Sean McCannEvan Twombley
Wayne RobsonNick Wickham
Eugene LipinskiJ. Battle Hand
Tim PostChick Ward
Christopher HeyerdahlFrankie Lacoy
Janine TheriaultHettie Rogers
Paul StewartHorner
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