A Serious Man Joel and Ethan Coen

While the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man delineates its own remote Midwestern Jewish community in the late 1960s, the grand intentions of the film are laid bare in the opening minutes of its ancient Yiddish parable with ample projections of spirituality complemented by the Rashi quote, "Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." The universality of the introductory fable intends to draw obscure yet secure associations to the film's feature-length protagonist, physics professor Larry G