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A Serious Man

Coen brothers black comedy set in 60s Minneapolis, where a physics professor's middle-class life is about to fall apart, challenging his faith in any orderly universe.

Dark comedy from the Coen brothers. Jewish college professor Larry Gopnik lives a quiet suburban life with his wife and two teenage children in the American Midwest. But everything begins to unravel when his wife says she has decided to leave him. Larry finds himself in a spiral of frustration and disaster, not helped by a student trying to bribe him, a racist neighbour to one side and the seductive Mrs Samsky to the other. The Rabbi is always too busy to talk to Larry and his brother is locked permanently in Larry's bathroom.

1 hour, 37 minutes

Last on

Sat 17 Sep 201623:25
BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Wales

Credits

Larry GopnikMichael Stuhlbarg
Uncle ArthurRichard Kind
Sy AblemanFred Melamed
Judith GopnikSari Lennick
Danny GopnikAaron Wolff
Sarah GopnikJessica McManus
Mrs SamskyAmy Landecker
Mr BrandtPeter Breitmayer
Divorce LawyerAdam Arkin
Rabbi ScottSimon Helberg
Mitch BrandtBrent Braunschweig
Clive ParkDavid Kang
Arlen FinkleAri Hoptman
Rabbi MarshakAlan Mandell
Rabbi NachtnerGeorge Wyner
DirectorEthan Coen
DirectorJoel Coen
WriterJoel Coen
WriterEthan Coen
ProducerEthan Coen
ProducerJoel Coen
Executive ProducerTim Bevan
Executive ProducerEric Fellner
Executive ProducerRobert Graf

Broadcasts

  • Sat 15 Jun 201322:00
    BBC Two except Wales
  • Sat 15 Jun 201323:15
    BBC Two Wales
  • Sun 19 Jan 201423:00
    BBC Two
  • Tue 24 Mar 201523:35
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
  • Wed 25 Mar 201500:00
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Wed 25 Mar 201500:25
    BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only
  • Wed 25 Mar 201500:35
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Fri 8 Apr 201623:05
    BBC Two except Wales
  • Fri 8 Apr 201623:35
    BBC Two Wales
  • Sat 17 Sep 201623:25
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Wales

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