The Human Stain (2003)
How far would you go to escape the past?
106 min
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.
- Release date
- October 31, 2003
- Country of origin
- United States, France, Germany
- Budget
- $30,000,000
- Box office
- $24,900,000
Trailer
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
Crew
- Robert Benton · Director
- Philip Roth · Writer
- Nicholas Meyer · Writer
- Gary Lucchesi · Producer
- Tom Rosenberg · Producer
- Scott Steindorff · Producer
- Rachel Portman · Composer
- Jean-Yves Escoffier · Cinematographer
- Christopher Tellefsen · Editor
- Deborah Aquila · Casting director
- Avy Kaufman · Casting director
- Tricia Wood · Casting director
- David Gropman · Production designer