The Human Stain

How far would you go to escape the past?

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.

Director

Robert Benton

Screenplay

Nicholas Meyer

Producer

Gary Lucchesi

Producer

Tom Rosenberg

Producer

Scott Steindorff

Original Music Composer

Rachel Portman

Director of Photography

Jean-Yves Escoffier