A Serious Man

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.

Cast

Michael Stuhlbarg

as Larry Gopnik

Richard Kind

as Uncle Arthur

Fred Melamed

as Sy Ableman

Sari Lennick

as Judith Gopnik

Aaron Wolff

as Danny Gopnik

Jessica McManus

as Sarah Gopnik

Peter Breitmayer

as Mr. Brandt

Brent Braunschweig

as Mitch Brandt

David Kang

as Clive Park

Benjamin Portnoe

as Danny's Reefer Buddy

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