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A Serious Man

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A Serious Man is a 2009 black comedy-drama film written, produced, edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Set in 1967, the film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesotan Jewish man whose life crumbles both professionally and personally, leading him to questions about his faith. A Serious Man received widespread critical acclaim, including a place on both the American Film Institute's and National Board of Review of Motion Pictures's Top 10 Film Lists of 2009. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, and Stuhlbarg was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Since its release, it has been widely considered one of the Coen brothers' best films and one of the greatest films of the 21st century.

Infobox

Directed by
Joel CoenEthan Coen
Written by
mw- Joel Coen Ethan Coen
Produced by
Joel Coen Ethan Coen
Starring
Michael Stuhlbarg Richard Kind
Cinematography
Roger Deakins
Edited by
Roderick Jaynes[a]
Music by
Carter Burwell
Productioncompanies
StudioCanal Relativity Media Working Title Films Mike Zoss Productions
Distributed by
Focus Features (United States) Universal Pictures (United Kingdom) StudioCanal (France)
Release dates
September 12, 2009 (2009-09-12) (TIFF) October 2, 2009 (2009-10-02) (United States)
Running time
106 minutes
Countries
United States United Kingdom France
Languages
English Hebrew Yiddish
Budget
$7 million
Box office
$31.4 million

Tables

Box office performance for A Serious Man[31] · Release and reception › Box office
All time United States
All time United States
Release date
United States
Box office revenue
United States
Box office revenue
International
Box office revenue
Worldwide
Box office ranking
All time United States
Box office ranking
All time worldwide
#3,818
#3,818
Release date
October 2, 2009
Box office revenue
$9,228,768
Box office revenue
$22,201,566
Box office revenue
$31,430,334
Box office ranking
#3,818
Box office ranking
Unknown
Budget
$7,000,000
Release date
Box office revenue
Box office ranking
Budget
United States
United States
International
Worldwide
All time United States
All time worldwide
October 2, 2009
$9,228,768
$22,201,566
$31,430,334
,818
Unknown
$7,000,000

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