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A Serious Man

6.72009 · 1h 46m · EN

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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.

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Michael Stuhlbarg

Larry Gopnik

Richard Kind

Uncle Arthur

Fred Melamed

Sy Ableman

Sari Lennick

Judith Gopnik

Aaron Wolff

Danny Gopnik

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Jessica McManus

Sarah Gopnik

Peter Breitmayer

Mr. Brandt

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Director: Ethan Coen
Status: Released
Audience votes: 2,453

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