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A Serious Man is a 2009 black comedy-drama film [3] written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Set in 1967, [ 4 ] the film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesotan Jewish man whose life crumbles both professionally and personally, leading him to questions about his faith.
Pain & Gain is a 2013 American black comedy [4] action crime film [5] directed by Michael Bay and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.It is based on a 1999 series of Miami New Times articles by Pete Collins about the activities of the Sun Gym gang, a group of bodybuilding ex-convicts convicted of kidnapping, extortion, torture, and murder in Miami in the mid-90's.
In his review of the film, Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert felt that "Much of the success of A Serious Man comes from the way Michael Stuhlbarg plays the role. He doesn't play Gopnik as a sad-sack or a loser, a whiner or a depressive, but as a hopeful man who can't believe what's happening to him. [41]
Alan Mandell (born Albert Mandell on December 27, 1927) is a Canadian-American actor known for playing Rabbi Marshak in the Coen Brothers' 2009 film A Serious Man. With several decades of experience as a stage actor, he is especially acclaimed as an interpreter of the works of Samuel Beckett. [1]
Fred Melamed (born May 13, 1956) is an American actor. After spending most of his early career primarily as a renowned voice over artist, and occasionally playing small roles in films, notably in seven films directed by Woody Allen, he established himself as a character actor, with his role as Sy Ableman in the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man (2009).
Mimir, god of wisdom; Odin, god of wisdom who nevertheless relentlessly keeps searching for more knowledge; associated with the runes; Frigg, she is said to know the future, but never tells. The three following goddesses may be hypostases of her. Gefjon, goddess associated with plowing, foreknowledge, and virginity. Sága, goddess of wisdom
A Serious Man: Website: arihoptman.com: Ari Hoptman (born February 22, 1967) is an American actor, author, and academic, specializing in Germanic etymology, as well ...
Main characters who deeply fall in love, despite the blocking effect of other characters or events; often star-crossed lovers that are strongly fraternizing with the "enemy". This pair of stock characters dates back to the Innamorati in the theatre style known as commedia dell'arte, who appeared in 16th-century Italy