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A Serious Man

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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.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2009-10-02

Runtime: 106 mins

Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Writer: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Spoken language: עִבְרִית, , Italiano, English

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Original title: A Serious Man

Production Companies: Focus Features, StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films, Mike Zoss Productions

Production Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom, France

Cast

Michael Stuhlbarg

Richard Kind

Fred Melamed

Sari Lennick

Aaron Wolff

Jessica McManus

Peter Breitmayer

Brent Braunschweig

David Kang

Benjamin Portnoe

Jack Swiler

Andrew S. Lentz

Jon Kaminski Jr.

Ari Hoptman

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