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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Anthony HopkinsColeman Silk
Nicole KidmanFaunia Farley
Ed HarrisLester Farley
Gary SiniseNathan Zuckerman
Wentworth MillerYoung Coleman Silk
Jacinda BarrettSteena Paulsson
Harry LennixMr. Silk
Clark GreggNelson Primus
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Kerry WashingtonEllie
Phyllis NewmanIris Silk
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