The Human Stain (2003)
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.
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
Margo MartindalePsychologist
Ron CanadaHerb Keble
Mili AvitalYoung Iris
