The Human Stain (2003)

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"How far would you go to escape the past?"

Movie · 2003 · 1h 46m · Released · Rated R · Drama, Romance

Synopsis

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 as Coleman Silk
  • Nicole Kidman as Faunia Farley
  • Ed Harris as Lester Farley
  • Gary Sinise as Nathan Zuckerman
  • Wentworth Miller as Young Coleman Silk
  • Jacinda Barrett as Steena Paulsson
  • Harry Lennix as Mr. Silk
  • Clark Gregg as Nelson Primus
  • Anna Deavere Smith as Mrs. Silk
  • Lizan Mitchell as Ernestine

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