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How far would you go to escape the past? - The Human Stain
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Title: The Human Stain

Release Date: 29 Oct 2003

Runtime: 1h 46m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Cinepsilon, Miramax, Lakeshore Entertainment, Cinerenta, Stone Village Pictures

Production Companies: Cinepsilon, Miramax, Lakeshore Entertainment, Cinerenta, Stone Village Pictures

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.

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Average Vote: 6 (455 votes)

Cast

  • Coleman Silk: Anthony Hopkins
  • Faunia Farley: Nicole Kidman
  • Lester Farley: Ed Harris
  • Nathan Zuckerman: Gary Sinise
  • Young Coleman Silk: Wentworth Miller
  • Steena Paulsson: Jacinda Barrett
  • Mr. Silk: Harry Lennix
  • Nelson Primus: Clark Gregg
  • Mrs. Silk: Anna Deavere Smith
  • Ernestine: Lizan Mitchell
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