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A Serious Man is a 2009 black comedy-drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Set in 1967, [4] the film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesotan Jewish man whose life crumbles both professionally and personally, leading him to questions about his faith.
Nov 6, 2009 · A Serious Man: Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. With Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick. Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents.
Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) is a physics professor at a 1960s university, but his life is coming apart at the seams. His wife (Sari Lennick) is leaving him, his...
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Oct 7, 2009 · Reviews. Coens retell Book of Job in a quiet Minneapolis suburb. Roger Ebert October 07, 2009. Tweet. His best friend Sy Ableman has just stolen Larry Gopnik's wife, and now he comforts him on his loss. (l-r, Michael Stuhlbarg and Fred Melamed). Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch.
A Serious Man. The Coen Brothers film about a hapless college professor who endures a run of hardships of biblical proportions. 1,139 IMDb 7.0 1 h 45 min 2009. X-Ray R. Comedy · Drama · Cerebral · Dreamlike. Subscribe to Cinemax or Max, or rent or buy. Watch with Cinemax. Start your 7-day free trial. Rent. HD $4.29. Buy. HD $14.99. More purchase.
Sep 11, 2022 · Very loosely inspired by the Book of Job in Hebrew scripture, A Serious Man follows a Jewish mid-western physics teacher named Larry Gopnik whose life quickly falls apart when his wife decides...
Summaries. Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking. Bloomington, Minnesota, 1967: Jewish physics lecturer Larry Gopnik is a serious and a very put-upon man.
A decade after its release, ‘A Serious Man’ remains the brothers’ ultimate articulation of their world view. But what that view actually encompasses remains a brilliant mystery, writes Ed Power
Oct 2, 2009 · A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. 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.
Drawing upon the biblical Book of Job, A Serious Man is easily the most Jewish film that writer-directors Joel and Ethan Coen could make.