A Serious Man (2009)

10/02/2009 (US) • 1h 46m

Comedy, Drama

Overview

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.

Top Billed 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

Brent Braunschweig

Mitch Brandt

David Kang

Clive Park


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$7,000,000.00

Revenue

$31,400,000.00

Keywords

dreams

midlife crisis

professor

minnesota

dark comedy

rabbi

bar mitzvah

marijuana

morality

jewish american

bribery

school bus

bribe

jewish family

physics professor

1960s

ethics

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