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A Serious Man (2009)

Directed by: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, George Wyner

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Screening Times
OFF-SALE: Sat Sep 12, 9:00 PM – VISA SCREENING ROOM (ELGIN)
OFF-SALE: Mon Sep 14, 9:00 AM – SCOTIABANK THEATRE 1

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Synopsis: Imaginatively exploring questions of faith, familial responsibility, delinquent behaviour, dental phenomena, academia, mortality and Judaism – and intersections thereof – A Serious Man is the new film from Academy Award-winning writer-directors Joel and Ethan Coen.

Programme: Special Presentations

Language: English, Hebrew, Yiddish

Country: USA

Runtime: 105 minutes

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