Oct 02, 2009
106 min
Full-HD

A Serious Man (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 in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

United States of America United Kingdom France

Companies

Focus Features StudioCanal Relativity Media Working Title Films Mike Zoss Productions

Michael Stuhlbarg

Larry Gopnik

Richard Kind

Uncle Arthur

Fred Melamed

Sy Ableman

Sari Lennick

Judith Gopnik

Aaron Wolff

Danny Gopnik

Jessica McManus

Sarah Gopnik

Peter Breitmayer

Mr. Brandt

Brent Braunschweig

Mitch Brandt

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