A Serious Man (2009)

Bloomington, Minnesota, 1967: Jewish physics lecturer Larry Gopnik is a serious and a very put-upon man. His daughter is stealing from him to save up for a nose job, his pot-head son, who gets stoned at his own bar-mitzvah, only wants him round to fix the TV aerial and his useless brother Arthur is an unwelcome house guest. But both Arthur and Larry get turfed out into a motel when Larry’s wife Judy, who wants a divorce, moves her lover, Sy, into the house and even after Sy’s death in a car crash they are still there. With lawyers’ bills mounting for his divorce, Arthur’s criminal court appearances and a land feud with a neighbour Larry is tempted to take the bribe offered by a student to give him an illegal exam pass mark. And the rabbis he visits for advice only dole out platitudes. Still God moves in mysterious – and not always pleasant – ways, as Larry and his family will find out. ??don @ minifie-1Awards: 17 wins & 80 nominations totalBudget: $7,000,000 (estimated)Worldwide Gross: $31,430,334Soundtrack: Somebody to Love (Written by Darby Slick)Ethan Coen, Joel CoenMichael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick2009-11-06 (United Kingdom, France, United States)tt1019452