Overview
Plot
After an unwitting racial slur costs him his job, admired professor Coleman Silk writes a book with colleague Nathan Zuckerman to clear his name. Zuckerman uncovers a lifelong secret, while Silk's affair with younger woman Faunia Farley threatens his deceptions.
- Directors
- Robert Benton
- Cast
- Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise, Wentworth Miller, Jacinda Barrett, Harry Lennix, Clark Gregg, Anna Deavere Smith, Lizan Mitchell, Kerry Washington, Phyllis Newman, Margo Martindale, Ron Canada, Mili Avital, Danny Blanco Hall, Marie Michel, Anne Dudek, Mimi Kuzyk, John Finn
- Country
- France, Germany, United States of America
- Genre
- Drama, Romance
- Release date
- 2003-10-29
- Studios
- Cinepsilon, Miramax, Lakeshore Entertainment, Cinerenta, Stone Village Pictures
Plot
Warning: spoilers
The Human Stain Plot and Cast
Coleman Silk, a worldly and admired professor, loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, he 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. Meanwhile, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.
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