CentralNotice A Serious Man From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search A Serious Man Theatrical release poster Directed by Joel Coen Ethan Coen Produced by Ethan Coen Joel Coen Written by Ethan Coen Joel Coen Starring Michael Stuhlbarg Richard Kind Music by Carter Burwell Cinematography Roger Deakins Edited by Roderick Jaynes Production company Relativity Media StudioCanal Working Title Films Mike Zoss Productions Distributed by Focus Features Release date(s) October 2, 2009 ( 2009-10-02 ) Running time 106 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $7 million Box office $31,312,437 [ 1 ] A Serious Man is a 2009 dark comedy [ 2 ] produced, edited, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen . The film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesota Jewish man ...