A Serious Man

A Serious Man

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R 2009 · 106 min · ★ 6.7 (2K) · Comedy, Drama

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.

Directed by Ethan Coen · Written by Joel Coen

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