First Look at Barry Levinson’s THE HUMBLING Starring Al Pacino And Greta Gerwig July 23, 2014 Teaser poster and seven stills from the Philip Roth adaptation, via ThePlaylist. Click for larger versions ‘The Humbling’ tells the story of a legendary stage actor who has an affair with a lesbian woman half his age at a secluded country house in Connecticut. Based on Philip Roth’s novel, it is a tragic comedy about a man who has lived inside his own imagination for too long.