The Human Stain
The Human Stain

The Human Stain (2003)

PG-1310/29/2003Drama, Romance1h 46m
60%
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"How far would you go to escape the past?"

Overview

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 Benton

Director

Gary Lucchesi

Producer

Rachel Portman

Composer