The Human Stain

The Human Stain

The Human Stain

How far would you go to escape the past?

Oct 29, 2003 · 1h 46m · Drama, Romance

⭐ 6.0· 504 votes

Director Robert Benton

Writer Nicholas Meyer

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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.

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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

Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington

Ellie

Phyllis Newman

Phyllis Newman

Iris Silk

Margo Martindale

Margo Martindale

Psychologist

Ron Canada

Ron Canada

Herb Keble

Mili Avital

Mili Avital

Young Iris