A Serious Man
“Accept mystery.”
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.
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Cast
48 people
Michael Stuhlbarg
Larry Gopnik
Known for
Arrival
Call Me by Your Name
Richard Kind
Uncle Arthur
Known for
Inside Out
American Dad!
Fred Melamed
Sy Ableman
Known for
WandaVision
Fargo
Sari Lennick
Judith Gopnik
Known for
Café Society
Aaron Wolff
Danny Gopnik
No other roles listed
Jessica McManus
Sarah Gopnik
No other roles listed
Peter Breitmayer
Mr. Brandt
Known for
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Brent Braunschweig
Mitch Brandt
No other roles listed
David Kang
Clive Park
Benjamin Portnoe
Danny's Reefer Buddy
No other roles listed
Jack Swiler
Boy on Bus
No other roles listed
Andrew S. Lentz
Cursing Boy on Bus
No other roles listed
Joel Coen Director · Ethan Coen Director Carter Burwell Composer
Worldwide gross $31M · Budget $7M · United States release October 2, 2009
Box office
Budget
$7,000,000
Worldwide gross
$31,400,000
Gross vs. budget
4.5×
Production
Focus Features
Production
StudioCanal
Production
Relativity Media
Production · Studio
Working Title
Production
Mike Zoss Productions
Production
Working Title Films
Production
United States · United Kingdom · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Hebrew · Italian · Yiddish
Release dates
Canada · September 12, 2009
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · October 2, 2009
Limited theatrical
United States
September 24, 2009 · Premiere · Friars Club Comedy Film Festival
November 6, 2009 · Theatrical
Argentina
November 7, 2009 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
February 25, 2010 · Theatrical
Australia
November 19, 2009 · Theatrical
Austria
January 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 19, 2010 · Theatrical
Canada
October 16, 2009 · Limited theatrical
Czechia
July 4, 2010 · Digital
Denmark
October 9, 2009 · Theatrical
Estonia
April 30, 2010 · Theatrical
France
January 20, 2010 · Theatrical
Germany
January 20, 2010 · Theatrical
Greece
January 7, 2010 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 4, 2010 · Digital
Ireland
November 20, 2009 · Theatrical
Italy
December 4, 2009 · Theatrical
Japan
February 26, 2011 · Digital
Lithuania
April 9, 2010 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 21, 2010 · Theatrical
March 12, 2010 · Physical · Blu ray
May 27, 2010 · Physical · DVD
New Zealand
November 19, 2009 · Theatrical
Poland
June 11, 2010 · Digital
Portugal
February 18, 2010 · Theatrical
Russia
February 24, 2010 · Theatrical
South Korea
March 25, 2010 · Theatrical
Spain
January 8, 2010 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 19, 2009 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
December 25, 2009 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 20, 2010 · Digital
Thailand
March 4, 2010 · Limited theatrical
United Kingdom
October 27, 2009 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
November 8, 2009 · Premiere · Leeds International Film Festival
November 20, 2009 · Theatrical
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