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.
Released: Oct 29, 2003
Runtime: 106 minutes
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise, Wentworth Miller, Jacinda Barrett
Crew: Philip Roth (Novel), Jean-Yves Escoffier (Director of Photography), Robert Benton (Director), Nicholas Meyer (Screenplay), Eberhard Kayser (Executive Producer), Andre Lamal (Executive Producer)