Brea Asher Movies
For his first film since 1998's Twilight, acclaimed director Robert Benton helmed this tense drama written by Fatal Attraction co-scribe Nicholas Meyer and based on the novel of the same name by Philip Roth. Set in the late '90s at the height of the Clinton sex-scandal, The Human Stain stars Anthony Hopkins as Coleman Silk, 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 (Gary Sinise), a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeper and deeper into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when an affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley (Nicole Kidman) 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 public. Ed Harris, who previously worked with Benton in 1984's Places in the Heart, also stars. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Starring:
- Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, (more)
- 1997
A drug- and alcohol-addicted man in his 20s prowls the night streets in search of narcotic sustenance. This drama provides an arresting portrait of his life and the ways in which his constant cravings affect his personal relationships. His name is Ivan and with his good buddy Mike, he decides to spend an entire evening drinking beer and snorting cocaine while conversing idly in Mike's old station wagon. Later Ivan goes to see Marisa, his quasi-girlfriend. They are not getting along well, so he next becomes better acquainted with Rachel. This does nothing to help his relationship with the first girl. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Romano Orzari, Marisa Malone, (more)
