Released:
2003-10-29

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.

Director:
Robert Benton

Runtime:
1h 46min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Anthony Hopkins
  as
  Coleman Silk
• 
  Nicole Kidman
  as
  Faunia Farley
• 
  Ed Harris
  as
  Lester Farley
• 
  Gary Sinise
  as
  Nathan Zuckerman
• 
  Wentworth Miller
  as
  Young Coleman Silk