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The Human Stain (2003) [R]

Release Date:
October 29, 2003

Original Title:
The Human Stain

Alternate Titles:
La Mancha Humana
La couleur du mensonge
La piel del deseo
Szégyenfolt

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Cinepsilon
Cinerenta
Lakeshore Entertainment
Miramax
Stone Village Pictures

Production Countries:
France | Germany | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  CH: 12  CZ: 15+  DE: 12  DK: 11  FI: K-16  IE: 18  JP: G  NL: 14  NO: 18  RU: 16+  US: R 

Runtime: 106

How far would you go to escape the past?

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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.

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Art Department Coordinator:
Marie-Claude L'Heureux

Art Direction:
Zoe Sakellaropoulo

Casting:
Tricia Wood
Deborah Aquila
Avy Kaufman

Choreographer:
Patricia Birch

Costume Design:
Rita Ryack

Director:
Robert Benton

Director of Photography:
Jean-Yves Escoffier

Editor:
Christopher Tellefsen

Executive Producer:
Eberhard Kayser
Andre Lamal
Steve Hutensky
Bob Weinstein
Ron Bozman
Rick Schwartz
Michael Ohoven
Harvey Weinstein

Hairstylist:
Benjamin Robin
Wyatt Belton
Jacquie Rahal
Kerry Warn

Makeup Artist:
Robert McCann

Makeup Department Head:
Donald Mowat

Novel:
Philip Roth

Original Music Composer:
Rachel Portman

Producer:
Gary Lucchesi
Tom Rosenberg
Scott Steindorff

Production Design:
David Gropman

Screenplay:
Nicholas Meyer

Script Supervisor:
France Lachapelle

Set Decoration:
Claude Leclair

Stunt Coordinator:
Jean Frenette

Unit Publicist:
Rob Harris

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