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The Human Stain is set in 1998 in the United States, during the period of President Bill Clinton's impeachment hearings and scandal over Monica Lewinsky. It is the third of Roth's postwar novels that take on large social themes.
- Philip Roth
- 2000
The Human Stain is a 2003 American drama film directed by Robert Benton. Its screenplay, by Nicholas Meyer, is based on the novel of the same name by Philip Roth. The film stars Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Gary Sinise, and Ed Harris.
Dec 18, 2003 · A former college dean (Anthony Hopkins) has a romance with a young woman (Nicole Kidman) and faces a shocking revelation about his past. The film is adapted from Philip Roth's novel and directed by Robert Benton.
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- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Robert Benton
- 2003-12-18
May 10, 2000 · It is 1998, the year in which America is whipped into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a president, and in a small New England town an aging Classics professor, Coleman Silk, is forced to retire when his colleagues decree that he is a racist.
- (41.4K)
- 2000
- Philip Roth
- Paperback
Oct 31, 2003 · A film adaptation of Philip Roth's novel about a professor who passes for white and falls in love with a janitor. Ebert praises the actors and the director for exploring the themes of identity, race and class.
The Human Stain is a 2000 novel by Philip Roth that explores themes of identity, race, and sexuality. The narrator, Nathan Zuckerman, tells the story of his neighbor, Coleman Silk, a retired professor who has an affair with a young woman and is killed by her ex-husband.
A professor (Anthony Hopkins) has a secret about his race and a romance with a troubled woman (Nicole Kidman). A writer (Gary Sinise) uncovers his story and writes a book about it.
