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The Human Stain

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2003-10-29

Runtime: 106 mins

Director: Robert Benton

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Romance

Original title: The Human Stain

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

Production Countries: France, Germany, United States of America

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