A host of new images for The Coen Brothers’ “A Serious Man” have been unveiled on the brink of its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Among the photos is our first good look (he only featured in a flash in the recent trailer) at Richard Kind whose portrayal of the protagonist’s (Michael Stuhlbarg) deadbeat brother does have some award-season hype surrounding it — though on what grounds other than Kind’s abilities, we’re not sure.
Loosely inspired by the Coen brothers’ own childhood experiences in 1967 suburban Minneapolis, the film revolves around Larry Gopnik (Stuhlbarg) a middle aged physics professor who has just learned his wife (Sari Wagner) is leaving him for another man (Fred Melamed), finds his tenure is being questioned, has his brother living on his couch, and whose children are getting into drugs and plastic surgery. In order to deal with these issues, Larry seeks advice from three rabbis and encounters difficulty along the way.
The aforementioned trailer really heightened our anticipation for the film, which will premiere at this year’s TIFF before seeing a general release on October 2nd. [Collider]
