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The human stain

Coleman Silk as a secret - a terrible 50 year old secret that the esteemed college classics professor has kept hidden from everyone including his wife, his children and his down-and-out young lover - and it is about to ruin his entire life.

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  • "Ren xing ben se"
  • "人性本色"
  • "Human stain"

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  • ""Coleman Silk has been a master of deception and self-reinvention throughout his life. As an esteemed professor, he is ruined by false accusations. Now, as he embarks on a scandalous affair with the mysterious Faunia, Coleman experiences an erotic reawakening that carries him back to the past. But with his resurrected passion also comes the threat of danger from Faunia's ex-husband, and Coleman is faced with the imperative to expose his true identity before it is too late."--Container."
  • "Coleman Silk as a secret - a terrible 50 year old secret that the esteemed college classics professor has kept hidden from everyone including his wife, his children and his down-and-out young lover - and it is about to ruin his entire life."@en
  • "Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeply into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when Coleman's affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from being made public."
  • "A college professor who has been fired for a racial slur begins to have an affair with a young woman who is half his age. The affair attracts the attention of her vengeful husband, and some tough decisions must be made by all."
  • "Coleman Silk, een decaan van een universiteit die na een vermeend rascistische opmerking ontslagen wordt, sluit vriendschap met een veel jongere schoonmaakster en een vereenzaamde schrijver. Die heeft echter het idee dat er een geheim schuil gaat achter het leven van Coleman."
  • ""About a distinguished college professor whose life is shattered by a chance remark. As he reveals more about himself to a newfound friend (Sinise), we learn that he has been living a lie for most of his adult life. His chance for rebirth and redemption comes through an unlikely affair with a working-class woman much younger than he"--Maltin, 2005."
  • "Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins) has a secret - a terrible fifty-year-old secret that the esteemed college classics professor has kept hidden from everyone including his wife, his children and his down-and-out young lover (Nicole Kidman) - and it's about to ruin his entire life. Robert Benton directs this dramatic adaptation of the Philip Roth novel."
  • "A respected professor at a prestigious New England college conducts an affair with a much younger woman; but when they are found out, a secret that has remained buried for the past fifty years is brutally uncovered. Slow burning drama that failed at the box office."
  • "Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeply into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when Coleman's affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from becoming made public."
  • "Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeply into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when Coleman's affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from becoming made public."@en
  • "Coleman Silk, a lo largo de su vida, ha sido un maestro del engaño y la propia reinvencion. Cuando era un prometedor estudiante universitario, su primer amor con Steena, terminó por una historia llena de secretos y mentiras. Años más tarde, su carrera como prestigioso profesor se arruina también por falsas acusaciones."
  • "Esteemed college classics professor Coleman Silk has a fifty-year-old secret that he has kept hidden from his wife, children and young lover. It is about to ruin his life."@en
  • "Esteemed college classics professor Coleman Silk has a fifty-year-old secret that he has kept hidden from his wife, children and young lover. It is about to ruin his life."

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