Directed by Paul Schrader • 1979 • United States
Starring George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley
Paul Schrader’s potent sophomore feature stars George C. Scott as a conservative Calvinist businessman from the Midwest who is drawn into California’s pornographic underground as he searches for his runaway daughter, who disappeared while on a church trip only to resurface in an adult film. As he descends ever deeper into a sordid world of massage parlors, brothels, and X-rated sleaze, HARDCORE becomes a gripping exploration of Schrader’s pet theme: the struggle to maintain one’s faith in a morally murky world.
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