A Serious Man (2009)
Release Year: 2009
Nation: France, United Kingdom, United States
Alternative Title: Un hombre serio, Um Homem Sério, Сериозен човек, Un homme sérieux, Ozbiljan čovjek
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Writer: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Executive Producer: Eric Fellner, Robert Graf, Tim Bevan
Companies: Focus Features, Mike Zoss Productions, Relativity Media, StudioCanal, Working Title Films
Genre: Comedy, Comedy Drama, Drama
Budget: 7.000.000
Awards & Similar
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Keywords
Keywords: 1960s, aftercreditsstinger, bar mitzvah, bribe, bribery, dark comedy, dreams, ethics, flirty neighbor, jewish american, jewish family, marijuana, midlife crisis, minnesota, morality, nightmares, physics professor, professor, rabbi, school bus, transistor radio
Story
In the late 1960s, Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a Midwestern university, faces a midlife crisis when his wife Judith suddenly announces she's leaving him for Sy Ableman, one of Larry's acquaintances. This sets off a chain of unfortunate events in Larry's life.
Summary
A Serious Man is a dark comedy-drama directed by the Coen brothers in 2009, set against the backdrop of a Jewish-American family in Minnesota during the late 1960s. The film explores themes of morality, ethics, and the absurdity of life through Larry Gopnik's character as he navigates his divorce, his son's upcoming bar mitzvah, and various other crises, including a bribery scandal at his university.
