A Serious Man

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Comedy

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.

Keywords

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Details

Status: Released
Release date: October 2, 2009
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English, Hebrew, Yiddish, Italian
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom, France
Production: Working Title Films,Focus Features,Relativity Media,Mike Zoss Productions,StudioCanal
Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg,Richard Kind,Fred Melamed,Sari Lennick,Aaron Wolff,Jessica McManus,Peter Breitmayer,Brent Braunschweig,David Kang,Benjamin Portnoeand 38 more
Director: Ethan Coen,Joel Coen
Writer: Joel Coen,Ethan Coen
Producer: Robert Graf,Ethan Coen,Eric Fellner,Joel Coen,Tim Bevan
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Music: Carter Burwell
Budget: $7,000,000
Revenue: $31,400,000
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt1019452