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A Serious Man
2009R1h 46m6.7 / 10
Accept mystery.
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
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Synopsis
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
More about A Serious Man
Cast
Michael StuhlbargLarry Gopnik
Richard KindUncle Arthur
Fred MelamedSy Ableman
Sari LennickJudith Gopnik
Aaron WolffDanny GopnikJessica McManusSarah Gopnik
Peter BreitmayerMr. BrandtBrent BraunschweigMitch Brandt
Credits
- Directed by
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- Written by
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $7M
- Box office
- $31.4M
Production
Focus FeaturesUnited States
StudioCanalFrance
Relativity MediaUnited States
Working Title FilmsUnited Kingdom
Mike Zoss ProductionsUnited States
Themes
1960sbar mitzvahbribebriberydark comedydreamsethicsflirty neighbor
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