Affliction (1997)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.9/10   

Director:

Paul Schrader

Escritores (WGA):

Russell Banks (novel)
Paul Schrader (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

15 enero 1999 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Misterio | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Wade Whitehouse is frightened to death of following in his father's footsteps.

Plot:

A deeply troubled small town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while events occur that cause him to mentally disintergrate.

Plot Keywords:

Hunting | Sheriff | Small Town | Funeral | Father Son Relationship

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 7 wins & 13 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

What did you expect?

Reparto

Nick Nolte	...	Wade Whitehouse
Brigid Tierney	...	Jill Whitehouse
Holmes Osborne	...	Gordon LaRiviere
Jim True-Frost	...	Jack Hewitt (as Jim True)
Tim Post	...	Chick Ward
Christopher Heyerdahl	...	Frankie Lacoy (as Chris Heyerdahl)
Marian Seldes	...	Alma Pittman
Janine Theriault	...	Hettie Rogers
Mary Beth Hurt	...	Lillian Whitehouse Horner
Paul Stewart	...	Mr. Horner
Sissy Spacek	...	Margie Fogg
Wayne Robson	...	Nick Wickham
Sean McCann	...	Evan Twombley
Sheena Larkin	...	Lugene Brooks
Penny Mancuso	...	Woman Driver

También conocida como:

Aflicción (Spain) [es]
Días de furia (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Duración:

114 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Netherlands:12 (re-rating) | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:18 | France:U | Germany:12 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #35428) | Iceland:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Compañía:

JVC Entertainment

Trivialidades:

When meeting with James Coburn to discuss the film, director Paul Schrader encouraged Coburn to make heavy preparations for his role. Coburn responded "Oh, you mean you want me to really act? I can do that. I haven't often been asked to, but I can."

Errores:

Continuidad: When on the deer hunt, in a shot from above Jack is shown putting the index finger of his left hand to his mouth to signal his wealthy customer to be silent, but in the next shot it's his right index finger.

Citas:

Wade Whitehouse: You know I get the feeling like a whipped dog some days. Some night I'm gonna bite back, I swear!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Death of Ase)

What did you expect?

A walk in the park, a fine romance, a Indy Jones and the Last Crusade. Come on, a combination of Russell Banks and Paul Shrader, the author who explores a school bus accident and the writer/director from Taxi Driver, or The Comfort of Strangers. Did you really expect a happy ending? The film is a dark side vision of Richard Russo's Nobody's Fool, which Paul Newman and Robert Benton turned into a tale of redemption on screen in that same part of the world. No redemption here. As Wade's brother's final voice-over lets you know that Wade is still out there, reliving his father's life, you are relieved to be permitted to leave this claustrophobic world.

Painful scene after painful scene are piled on each other, none more so than the painful rejection of Wade by his little girl. Children go through periods where their parents are embarrassments to them, but in this case, it is more of a fear than a shame of Wade that makes her want to be in her mother's arms.

This is a great film of uncompromising realism. It is a modern Jude The Obscure, but at least you were allowed to see Jude when he had hope and some happiness, and at the end he simply wore himself out. At the end of Affliction, all that you know is that Wade is out there in the world, his angers banked.

The film works because of Nolte's performance. Coburn has an easier job, but he carries it off. The sub-plots mean little, but show us Wade/Nolte in a field of action, and demonstrate that it is not only his personal life that is a mess.

Odd that Banks' The Sweet Hereafter locale was moved from upstate New York to British Columbia, and this film of bare rock, flinty New Hampshire was made in Canada also.