Affliction

Titolo originale: Affliction
Regia: Paul Schrader |
Anno: 1997
Origine: United States of America | Japan | Canada |
Generi: Crime Dramma Mistero Thriller
Tag: small town | based on novel or book | winter | abusive father | halloween | new hampshire | hunting accident | alcoholism | snow | domestic violence | attorney | vida rural |
Cast: Nick Nolte | Sissy Spacek | James Coburn | Willem Dafoe | Mary Beth Hurt | Jim True-Frost | Marian Seldes | Holmes Osborne | Brigid Tierney | Sean McCann | Wayne Robson | Eugene Lipinski | Tim Post | Christopher Heyerdahl | Janine Theriault | Paul Stewart | Sheena Larkin | Penny Mancuso | Danielle Desormeaux | Donovan Reiter | Brawley Nolte | Michael Caloz | Joanna Noyes | Marcel Jeannin | Susan Almgren | Steve Adams | Martha-Marie Kleinhans | Mark Camacho | Ralph Allison | Charles Edwin Powell |

Wade Whitehouse è lo sceriffo di un piccolo paese del New Hampshire, divorziato e impegnato nel tentativo di instaurare un rapporto con la figlia, la quale però sembra respingerlo. L'uomo ha alle spalle un passato tormentato, con un padre che era solito ubriacarsi e imporsi violentemente su di lui, sulla madre e sul fratello minore Rolfe. Un giorno di apparente calma, un vecchio sindacalista, Evan Twombley, perde la vita durante una battuta di caccia con Jack Hewitt, migliore amico di Wade. La cosa suscita scalpore tra chi viene a saperlo, ma il tutto viene subito liquidato come un incidente; Wade non è però convinto che sia andata così. Successivamente verrà a scoprire che sua madre è morta, e sarà durante il funerale che Rolfe metterà in testa a Wade l'idea che l'incidente di caccia di Twombley possa essere in realtà un complotto ordito da alcune persone tra cui il suo datore di lavoro, Gordon LaRiviere e lo stesso Jack.

Approfondimenti

James Coburn based the alcoholic side of his character on Sam Peckinpah whom he worked with num [...] D
James Coburn's part was first turned down by Paul Newman and then by James Garner. Both turned [...] D
This was the third Nick Nolte film shot in Montréal over a span of two years, with the other [...] D
In 2018, it was included in the book "101 Marvellous Movies You May Have Missed" by Australian [...] D
Christopher Heyerdahl, Mark Camacho and Michael Caloz appeared in The peacekeeper - Il pacifica [...] D
According to Schrader, it was Spacek's husband Jack Fisk who came up with the idea of having th [...] D
Filmed in Quebec, with principal shooting starting in February 1997. D
When the family reunites for Sally Whitehouse's funeral, Rolfe (Willem Dafoe) is asked by his s [...] D
'Willem Dafoe is given fourth billing, yet his first on-screen appearance isn't until fifty-fiv [...] D
The film cast includes two Oscar winners: James Coburn and Sissy Spacek; and two Oscar nominees [...] D
James Coburn plays Nick Nolte's father, even though he's only 13 years older. D
Linda Reisman, who worked as a producer on Nick Nolte's Montréal-shot movie Confessione fina [...] D
During their praise of the film, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel noted that James Coburn was the pe [...] D
Nick Nolte and Willem Dafoe would later act in Paris, je t'aime (2006). D
Paul Schrader told Roger Ebert that he gave the part of Glen to James Coburn because he was big [...] D
When meeting with James Coburn to discuss the film, director Paul Schrader encouraged Coburn to [...] D
According to Paul Schrader, he came across a paperback copy of the novel in a bookstore and bou [...] D
Nick Nolte claims that he was the one who convinced Sissy Spacek, whom he worked with in Heart [...] D
Director Philippe Mora has the distinction of directing several actors who have won or been nom [...] D
James Coburn came out of retirement to act in the film. He would later win an Oscar for his per [...] D
Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly described the film as "a magnificent feel-bad movie" i [...] D
After finishing the script, it took more than 4 years for Paul Schrader to finance the film. D
Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament said the film inspired him when writing the song "Nothing as It Seems". [...] D
Coburn and Nolte were both born in Nebraska, 130 miles apart. D

Frase

Wade Whitehouse: He's a lot like me when I was h [...] D
Glen Whitehouse: [Drunk] Christ Sally! You are s [...] D
Wade Whitehouse: If you ever touch her again, I' [...] D
Wade Whitehouse: I'm free of you. You're not on [...] D
Rolfe Whitehouse: [Last lines] The historical fa [...] D
Rolfe Whitehouse: [about his mother's death] Pop [...] D
Wade Whitehouse: You need me. Even pop for God's [...] D
Gordon LaRiviere: That's what I love about this [...] D
Rolfe Whitehouse: [Narrating] You will say that [...] D
Wade Whitehouse: It's not funny now. I'm a cop a [...] D
Wade Whitehouse: You know she won't be here for [...] D
Lena Whitehouse: How about you Rolfe? Are you sa [...] D
Wade Whitehouse: You know I get the feeling like [...] D
Glen Whitehouse: I've got sons, goddamn it! By G [...] D
Wade Whitehouse: Love? What the fuck do you know [...] D
Jill: Don't worry Dad. I love you, I really do. [...] D
Margie Fogg: What on earth's happening to you? [...] D
Rolfe Whitehouse: But at least I was never affli [...] D
Jill: I wanna go home. Wade Whitehouse: Home? J [...] D
Rolfe Whitehouse: [First lines] This is the stor [...] D
Lillian Whitehouse Horner: God, you make me sick [...] D
Rolfe Whitehouse: I was always careful around Po [...] D
Wade Whitehouse: I think there's some dirty busi [...] D
Rolfe Whitehouse: Who else benefits if Twombley [...] D
Lena Whitehouse: Jesus is more powerful than any [...] D
Wade Whitehouse: Lillian, listen to me. I don't [...] D
Glen Whitehouse: You done finely...done it like [...] D
[At his wife's wake] Glen Whitehouse: Not a god [...] D
Glen Whitehouse: That's what I've got for childr [...] D

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