Movie

The Human Stain

★ 6/10 · 518 votes 2003 1h 46m Released

DramaRomance

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.

Cast

Anthony Hopkins Coleman Silk Nicole Kidman Faunia Farley Ed Harris Lester Farley Gary Sinise Nathan Zuckerman Wentworth Miller Young Coleman Silk Jacinda Barrett Steena Paulsson