The Human Stain

20031h 46m6.0(520)

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.

CountryFrance, Germany, United States of America

GenreDrama, Romance

ReleaseOctober 29, 2003

DirectorRobert Benton

ProductionCinepsilon, Miramax

CastAnthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris

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