The Human Stain

★★★ DRAMA This powerful film about a university professor (Anthony Hopkins) who, being of black parentage but having pale skin, passes for white. After he loses his post, he falls for a white-trash gal (Nicole Kidman) and they embark on a passionate yet awkward affair. A tragic drama based on Philip Roth’s novel.

Dir: Robert Benton 2003, 18, 120min