Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 2009 · 1h 46m

A Serious Man

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Director
Ethan CoenJoel Coen
Cast
Michael Stuhlbarg as Larry Gopnik Richard Kind as Uncle Arthur Fred Melamed as Sy Ableman Sari Lennick as Judith Gopnik Aaron Wolff as Danny Gopnik Jessica McManus as Sarah Gopnik
Crew
Roger Deakins — Director of Photography Ethan Coen — Editor Joel Coen — Editor Carter Burwell — Original Music Composer Joel Coen — Writer Ethan Coen — Writer
Tagline

Accept mystery.

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.

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Mood & Themes
dreamsmidlife crisisprofessorminnesotadark comedyrabbibar mitzvahmarijuanamoralityjewish americanbriberyschool bus
Key Collaborators
Ethan Coen Director Joel Coen Director Roger Deakins Director of Photography Ethan Coen Editor Joel Coen Editor Carter Burwell Original Music Composer Joel Coen Writer Ethan Coen Writer Ethan Coen Producer Joel Coen Producer Jess Gonchor Production Design Mary Zophres Costume Design
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