Affliction |
Paul Schrader / 1997 / USA / 114min - cert.15 / with Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe | From the scrip-writer of Taxi Driver comes an equally pwerful thriller set in the snowy landscapes of New Hampshire. In an impressive performance Nick Nolte plays Wade, a broken-down cop struggling to investigate a murder whilst his family crumbles around him. Based on a novel by Russell Banks (The Sweet Hereafter) this a bleak and mysterious masterpiece. |