The Human Stain

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.

• Robert BentonDirector
• Nicholas MeyerScreenplay
• Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer

• 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