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A Serious Man

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2009 · R · 1h 46m

Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

6.7

TMDB audience score
2,492 votes, out of 10

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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. He scrambles to find a semblance of meaning as he loses control of nearly every aspect of his life.

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Cast

  • Michael Stuhlbarg
    Larry Gopnik

  • Richard Kind
    Uncle Arthur

  • Fred Melamed
    Sy Ableman

  • Sari Lennick
    Judith Gopnik

  • Aaron Wolff
    Danny Gopnik

  • Jessica McManus
    Sarah Gopnik

  • Peter Breitmayer
    Mr. Brandt

  • Brent Braunschweig
    Mitch Brandt

  • David Kang
    Clive Park

  • Benjamin Portnoe
    Danny's Reefer Buddy

  • Jack Swiler
    Boy on Bus

  • Andrew S. Lentz
    Cursing Boy on Bus

  • Jon Kaminski Jr.
    Mike Fagle

  • Ari Hoptman
    Arlen Finkle

  • Alan Mandell
    Rabbi Marshak

  • Amy Landecker
    Mrs. Samsky

  • George Wyner
    Rabbi Nachtner

  • Michael Tezla
    Dr. Sussman