Remarkable film on the relation between two independent but lonely persons: a young female who rejected her wealthy family and an old professor who rejected his roots to make it on his own. Although someone has seen this film mainly as an illustration of what can go wrong if you reject your family and roots and lose your identity, I see it mainly as a tribute to people strong enough to reject privilegies (either coming from a higher-class family or from affirmative action legislation) and live their life based on what they can do rather than what their label is. Most significant moment: a young afroamerican student who feels he's valuable as a man, and refuses to enroll on a black-reserved university program.
Review of The Human Stain
