The Human Stain

About 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.

The Human Stain (2003) is a romance film directed by Robert Benton. Anthony Hopkins takes the lead as Coleman Silk, Nicole Kidman as Faunia Farley, Ed Harris as Lester Farley, and Gary Sinise as Nathan Zuckerman.

At 106 minutes long, it arrived in October 2003. Written by Nicholas Meyer. It comes from Cinepsilon, Cinerenta, and Lakeshore Entertainment.

Shelv files it under literature professor and passing for white. It scores 6.0 out of 10 from 524 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.