1. Affliction is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader, adapted from the 1989 novel of the same name by Russell Banks.It stars Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn and Willem Dafoe.

2. Paul Schrader's Affliction, adapted from the novel by Russell Banks (The Sweet Hereafter), charts the slow descent of small-town sheriff Wade Whitehouse (a raspy, gruffly restrained Nick Nolte) into violence, the legacy of the corrupt love of an abusive, alcoholic father.The story ostensibly centers on a hunting death on the outskirts of town, but as Wade digs into what may or not