The Human Stain

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2003 · 106 min · R · Drama · Romance · TMDB 6.0/10

Overview

Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.

Directed by Robert Benton

Cast

• Anthony Hopkins — Coleman Silk
• Nicole Kidman — Faunia Farley
• Ed Harris — Lester Farley
• Gary Sinise — Nathan Zuckerman
• Wentworth Miller — Young Coleman Silk