The Human Stain

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Anthony Hopkins Coleman Silk

Nicole Kidman Faunia Farley

Ed Harris Lester Farley

Gary Sinise Nathan Zuckerman

Wentworth Miller Young Coleman Silk