---
title: 'Affliction (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Paul Schrader'
released: '1997-08-28'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/affliction-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118564/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Affliction (1997)

1997 · 110 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Affliction is a 1997 American neo-noir crime drama directed and written by Paul Schrader. Based on the 1989 novel by Russell Banks, the film stars Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, and Willem Dafoe.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Paul Schrader](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-schrader)
- **Screenplay:** [Paul Schrader](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-schrader)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Brook](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-brook)
- **Producer:** [Linda Reisman](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-reisman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Paul Sarossy](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-sarossy)
- **Editor:** [Jay Rabinowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-rabinowitz)

## Cast

- [Sissy Spacek](https://cinepixo.com/people/sissy-spacek)
- [Christopher Heyerdahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-heyerdahl)
- [Nick Nolte](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-nolte)
- [Eugene Lipinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-lipinski)
- [Jim True-Frost](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-true-frost)
- [Willem Dafoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/willem-dafoe)
- [Marian Seldes](https://cinepixo.com/people/marian-seldes)
- [James Coburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-coburn)
- [Charles Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-powell)
- [Brigid Tierney](https://cinepixo.com/people/brigid-tierney)
- [Mary Beth Hurt](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-beth-hurt)
- [Holmes Osborne](https://cinepixo.com/people/holmes-osborne)
- [Wayne Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/wayne-robson)

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