A Serious Man
Directed by The Coen Brothers

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry’s unemployable brother Arthur is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. While his wife and Sy Ableman blithely make new domestic arrangements, and his brother becomes more and more of a burden, an anonymous hostile letter–writer is trying to sabotage Larry’s chances for tenure at the university. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation. Plus, the beautiful woman next door torments him by sunbathing nude. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person – a mensch – a serious man?

$4.00 All Admissions
An Optional discussion, led by the hosting church, follows each movie.

Sponsored by:
Grace Epsicopal Church
First Presbyterian Church
The United Methodist Chruches of Downtown Paducah
(Fountain, Avenue, Arcadia & Broadway)
First Christian Church
First Baptist Church

2009 • 1 Hour and 46 Minutes • Directed by the Coen Brothers