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.

Release Date: 2003-10-29

Genres: Drama ,Romance ,Thriller

Director: Robert Benton

Actors: Anthony Hopkins ,Nicole Kidman ,Ed Harris ,Gary Sinise ,Wentworth Miller ,Jacinda Barrett ,Harry Lennix ,Clark Gregg ,Anna Deavere Smith ,Lizan Mitchell

Duration: 1h 46m

IMDB rating: 6.0