The Human Stain
The Human Stain

The Human Stain

How far would you go to escape the past?

6.0106 min
DramaRomance

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.

Movie Info

Release Date: 10/29/2003

Runtime: 106 min

Director: Robert Benton

Writers: Philip Roth, Nicholas Meyer

Top Cast

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

Coleman Silk

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Faunia Farley

Ed Harris

Ed Harris

Lester Farley

Gary Sinise

Gary Sinise

Nathan Zuckerman

Wentworth Miller

Wentworth Miller

Young Coleman Silk

Jacinda Barrett

Jacinda Barrett

Steena Paulsson

Harry Lennix

Harry Lennix

Mr. Silk

Clark Gregg

Clark Gregg

Nelson Primus

Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith

Mrs. Silk

Lizan Mitchell

Lizan Mitchell

Ernestine

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