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A Serious Man

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6.7/ 1020091h 46mR

ComedyDrama

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.

Directed by Joel Coen

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Faces behind the story

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

Larry Gopnik

Richard Kind

Richard Kind

Uncle Arthur

Fred Melamed

Fred Melamed

Sy Ableman

Sari Lennick

Sari Lennick

Judith Gopnik

Aaron Wolff

Aaron Wolff

Danny Gopnik

Jessica McManus

Sarah Gopnik

Peter Breitmayer

Peter Breitmayer

Mr. Brandt

Brent Braunschweig

Mitch Brandt