The Prodigal Son Returns to Boston

While there's been lots of media attention on Michael Stuhlbarg, the lead of the Coen Brother's A Serious Man, Joan Anderman at Boston.com has picked up the story of local boy made good Aaron Wolff. While his family was living in Minnesota last year, the 15 year landed the role of Stuhlbarg's pot-smoking son in the film. But that doesn't mean he's a film geek, according to his mom.

We're from Minnesota,'' Kogan says. "There's Garrison Keillor, Prince, and the Coen brothers. I said, so, Aaron. There's this movie being made by the Coen brothers, and they're looking for a kid. And he said to me, 'Who are the Coen brothers?'