The read
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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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes41%
Metacritic57/100
519 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert BentonDirector
- Nicholas MeyerScreenplay
- Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anthony HopkinsColeman Silk
- Nicole KidmanFaunia Farley
- Ed HarrisLester Farley
- Gary SiniseNathan Zuckerman
- Wentworth MillerYoung Coleman Silk
- Jacinda BarrettSteena Paulsson
- Harry LennixMr. Silk
- Clark GreggNelson Primus
- Anna Deavere SmithMrs. Silk
- Lizan MitchellErnestine
- Kerry WashingtonEllie
- Phyllis NewmanIris Silk
Stills
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Themes
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