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The Human Stain
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The Human Stain

Oct 29, 2003
1h 46m
★ 6.0

How far would you go to escape the past?

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.

Genres

Drama
Romance

Production Companies

Cinepsilon
Miramax
Lakeshore Entertainment
Cinerenta
Stone Village Pictures

Cast

Anthony Hopkins

Coleman Silk

Anthony Hopkins

Nicole Kidman

Faunia Farley

Nicole Kidman

Ed Harris

Lester Farley

Ed Harris

Gary Sinise

Nathan Zuckerman

Gary Sinise

Wentworth Miller

Young Coleman Silk

Wentworth Miller

Jacinda Barrett

Steena Paulsson

Jacinda Barrett

Harry Lennix

Mr. Silk

Harry Lennix

Clark Gregg

Nelson Primus

Clark Gregg

Anna Deavere Smith

Mrs. Silk

Anna Deavere Smith

Lizan Mitchell

Ernestine

Lizan Mitchell

Kerry Washington

Ellie

Kerry Washington

Phyllis Newman

Iris Silk

Phyllis Newman

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