A Serious Man

Director	Ethan Coen, Joel
Year	2009
Country	USA
Runtime	1h 45m
Language	English, Hebrew, Italian, Yiddish
Format	35mm
TMDB	View entry

Synopsis

For many people, this Coen Brothers film seemed like a strange anomaly in their filmography when it was released. No major stars. A baseline of Jewish mysticism. As time marches on, however, it becomes apparent that this odd film is a skeleton key to the Coens’ other work. Fred Melamed’s Sy Ableman is one of the great characters in the Coen’s gallery of memorable figures. In 35mm.

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