The Human Stain

How far would you go to escape the past?

Directed by Robert Benton

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

Harry Lennix

Mr. Silk

Clark Gregg

Nelson Primus

Anna Deavere Smith

Mrs. Silk

Lizan Mitchell

Ernestine

Kerry Washington

Ellie

Phyllis Newman

Iris Silk

Margo Martindale

Psychologist

Ron Canada

Herb Keble

Mili Avital

Young Iris

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