A Serious Man

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The Serious Man
Directed by Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
Produced by Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Written by Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Distributed by Working Title Films
Focus Features
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A Serious Man is an upcoming film, set for release in 2009. Written and directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.

Little is known at the moment other than that it is a "dark comedy"[1] and that filming will commence after the completion of Burn After Reading, though some preliminary filming has already taken place.[2]

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[edit] Plot

A Serious Man will focus on Larry Gopnik, a Jewish college professor in the Midwest in 1967.[3] Larry starts to question the value of life when he discovers his wife wants a divorce (and may be having a romantic affair with one of their neighbors). He also has trouble with his children stealing money out of his wallet (his son, Danny, who is having his Bar Mitzvah soon and is buying marijuana, while his daughter, Sarah, is saving for plastic surgery) and his deadbeat brother, who has moved in because he neither has the cash nor the maturity to live on his own. Add to that the hostile anonymous notes he keeps receiving which threaten his tenure at school, the grad student who will get a passing grade from Larry by any means necessary (who may or may not be the person leaving the threatening letters) and the attractive neighbor who bedevils Larry with nude sunbathing, and there is little wonder why Larry seeks to solve his existential issues from men of God whom he hopes will help him to become an austere and devoted man.


[edit] Casting

Open auditions for the roles of Danny and Sarah were held on May 4th, 2008, at the Sabes Jewish Community Center in St. Louis Park, MN, one of the scheduled shooting locations for the film. Open auditions for the role of Sarah were also held in June 2008 in Chicago, IL.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Coen Brothers' A Serious Man acquired by Focus Features, accessed 9 May, 2007
  2. ^ Deets on Coens next, accessed 9 May, 2007
  3. ^ Joel and Ethan Coen discuss Burn After Reading. About.com. Retrieved on 26 November 2007.
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