Apple has debuted the trailer for the Coen Brothers (Fargo, Big Lebowski, No Country For Old Men) next film, A Serious Man. The dark comedy stars Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus, and Adam Arkin. Check out the trailer after the jump.
Plot: A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and “F-Troop” is on TV. 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, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. 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. 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?
No Country For Old Men was my favorite film of the year in 2007 and I really enjoyed Burn After Reading. This trailer was beautifully cut and I’m hoping the movie will be just as good. I will definitely be seeing this at the Toronto Film Festival.
A Serious Man will premiere at Toronto International Film Festival and hit theaters October 9th.