A Serious Man
2184 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 46m
2009
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...
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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.
- DirectorEthan Coen
- Release2 October 2009
- Genre
- Duration1h 46m
- Budget$7,000,000
- Revenue$31,400,000
- Rate2184 reviews
- Productions
Focus Features, StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films, Mike Zoss Productions
Cast

Michael Stuhlbarg
Larry Gopnik

Richard Kind
Uncle Arthur

Fred Melamed
Sy Ableman

Sari Lennick
Judith Gopnik

Aaron Wolff
Danny Gopnik

Peter Breitmayer
Mr. Brandt

Ari Hoptman
Arlen Finkle

Alan Mandell
Rabbi Marshak

Amy Landecker
Mrs. Samsky

George Wyner
Rabbi Nachtner

Michael Tezla
Dr. Sussman

Katherine Borowitz
Friend at the Picnic

Steve Park
Clive's Father

Allen Lewis Rickman
Shtetl Husband

Yelena Shmulenson
Shtetl Wife

Fyvush Finkel
Dybbuk?

Raye Birk
Dr. Shapiro

Jane Hammill
Larry's Secretary

Simon Helberg
Rabbi Scott

Adam Arkin
Divorce Lawyer

James Cada
Cop #1

Michael Lerner
Solomon Schlutz

Charles Brin
Hebrew School Principal

Tyson Bidner
Magbiah

Warren Keith
Dick Dutton (voice)

Tim Russell
Detective #1

Scott Thompson Baker
Sci-Fi Movie Hero

Punnavith Koy
Physics Nerd (uncredited)

Amanda Day
Physics Student (uncredited)
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