Best Original Screenplay2010 Film Fan Awards82nd Academy Awards
Best Original Screenplay Nominee
A Serious Man (2009)
Nominated Talent & Credits
Joel Coen— Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
Ethan Coen— Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
Synopsis / Overview
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
Historical Academy Record
WRITING (Original Screenplay) — 82nd Academy Awards (2010)
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