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.
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Cast
52 people
Anthony Hopkins
Coleman Silk
Known for
Westworld
The Silence of the Lambs
Nicole Kidman
Faunia Farley
Known for
The Others
Eyes Wide Shut
Ed Harris
Lester Farley
Known for
Westworld
The Truman Show
Gary Sinise
Nathan Zuckerman
Known for
Forrest Gump
Mission to Mars
Wentworth Miller
Young Coleman Silk
Known for
Prison Break
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Jacinda Barrett
Steena Paulsson
Known for
Poseidon
Bloodline
Harry Lennix
Mr. Silk
Known for
The Blacklist
Man of Steel
Clark Gregg
Nelson Primus
Known for
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Iron Man
Anna Deavere Smith
Mrs. Silk
Known for
Inventing Anna
Nurse Jackie
Lizan Mitchell
Ernestine
Known for
We'll Never Have Paris
Kerry Washington
Ellie
Known for
Django Unchained
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Phyllis Newman
Iris Silk
Known for
Mannequin
The Beautician and the Beast
Robert Benton Director · Nicholas Meyer Screenplay Philip Roth Author
Worldwide gross $25M · Budget $30M · United States release October 31, 2003
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Budget
$30,000,000
Worldwide gross
$24,900,000
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Cinepsilon
Production
Miramax
Production · Studio
Lakeshore Entertainment
Production
Cinerenta
Production
Stone Village Pictures
Production
Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG
Production
France · Germany · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Denmark · October 29, 2003
Theatrical
United States · October 31, 2003
Theatrical
Austria
February 20, 2004 · Digital
Czechia
March 11, 2004 · Theatrical
July 20, 2006 · Physical · DVD, FilmX
Finland
October 29, 2003 · Theatrical
France
October 29, 2003 · Theatrical
Germany
December 18, 2003 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 23, 2004 · Theatrical
Japan
June 19, 2004 · Digital
Netherlands
October 29, 2003 · Limited theatrical
Norway
October 29, 2003 · Physical
Russia
February 5, 2004 · Theatrical
Switzerland
November 13, 2003 · Digital
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