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A Serious Man

"Accept mystery."

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R 2009 · 1h 46m
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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.

Theatrical
Nov 6, 2009
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 9, 2010
Box Office
$31.4M
Budget
$7.0M
Return
4.5x
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1
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Focus Features, StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title, Mike Zoss Productions
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Understanding Life's Unexpected Lessons
Friend at the Picnic Sometimes these things just aren't meant to be. And it can take a while before you feel what was always there, for better or worse.
Larry Gopnik I never felt it! It was a bolt from the blue! What does that mean! Everything that I thought was one way turns out to be another.
Friend at the Picnic Then-it's an opportunity to learn how things really are. I'm sorry-I don't mean to sound glib. It's not always easy, deciphering what God is trying to tell you.
The Burden of Unexpected Responsibilities
Larry Gopnik She seems to be asking an awful lot. But then, I don't know. Somebody has to pay for Sy's funeral.
Rabbi Nachtner Uh-huh.
Larry Gopnik His own estate is in probate, but why does it have to be me? Or is it wrong to complain? Judy says it is. But I'm so strapped for cash right now, carrying the mortgage, and paying for the Jolly Roger, and I wrecked the car, and Danny's Bar Mitzvah coming up, I...

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