The Human Stain

movie

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 & crew

Robert Benton · Nicole Kidman · Jacinda Barrett · Lizan Mitchell · Gary Sinise · Nicholas Meyer · Wentworth Miller · Ed Harris · Anthony Hopkins · Anna Deavere Smith · Clark Gregg · Philip Roth · Harry Lennix

Studios & networks

Cinepsilon · Cinerenta · Lakeshore Entertainment · Miramax · Stone Village Pictures