
Plot
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
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Cast

Michael Stuhlbarg
Larry Gopnik

Richard Kind
Uncle Arthur

Fred Melamed
Sy Ableman

Sari Lennick
Judith Gopnik

Aaron Wolff
Danny Gopnik

Jessica McManus
Sarah Gopnik

Peter Breitmayer
Mr. Brandt

Brent Braunschweig
Mitch Brandt

David Kang
Clive Park

Benjamin Portnoe
Danny's Reefer Buddy

Jack Swiler
Boy on Bus

Andrew S. Lentz
Cursing Boy on Bus

Jon Kaminski Jr.
Mike Fagle

Ari Hoptman
Arlen Finkle

Alan Mandell
Rabbi Marshak

Amy Landecker
Mrs. Samsky

George Wyner
Rabbi Nachtner

Michael Tezla
Dr. Sussman

Katherine Borowitz
Friend at the Picnic

Steve Park
Clive's Father

Allen Lewis Rickman
Shtetl Husband

Yelena Shmulenson
Shtetl Wife

Fyvush Finkel
Dybbuk?

Ronald Schultz
Hebrew School Teacher

Raye Birk
Dr. Shapiro

Jane Hammill
Larry's Secretary

Claudia Wilkens
Marshak's Secretary

Simon Helberg
Rabbi Scott

Adam Arkin
Divorce Lawyer

James Cada
Cop #1

Michael Lerner
Solomon Schlutz

Charles Brin
Hebrew School Principal

Michael Engel
Torah Blesser

Tyson Bidner
Magbiah

Phyllis Harris
Hebrew School Tea Lady

Piper Sigel-Bruse
D'vorah

Hannah Nemer
Sarah's Friend

Rita Vassallo
Law Firm Secretary

Warren Keith
Dick Dutton (voice)

Neil Newman
Cantor

Tim Russell
Detective #1

Jim Lichtscheidl
Detective #2

Wayne A. Evenson
Russell Krauss

Scott Thompson Baker
Sci-Fi Movie Hero

Landyn Banx
Physics Student (uncredited)

Punnavith Koy
Physics Nerd (uncredited)

Joel Thingvall
Bar Mitzvah Guest (uncredited)

Amanda Day
Physics Student (uncredited)