The Man Who Knew Infinity

    Genre
    Biography, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    108 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    PG-13
  • |
    • Release Date
    2016
  • |
    • Countries
    USA, UK
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Tamil
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Matt Brown
WRITTEN BY:
Matt Brown
CAST INCLUDES:
Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Northam, Toby Jones

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

An official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival, THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY is the true story of a friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, a self-taught mathematical genius (Dev Patel), travels to Trinity College in Cambridge, where he meets a brilliant professor (Jeremy Irons). Over the course of five years, the two develop a strong bond and fight against prejudice to reveal the young mathematic genius to the world.

SYNOPSIS

THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY is the true story of a friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel), a self-taught Indian mathematics genius, traveled to Trinity College, Cambridge, where over the course of five years, he forged a bond with his mentor, the brilliant and eccentric professor, G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons), while fighting against prejudice to reveal his mathematic genius to the world.

The Man Who Knew Infinity

    Genre
    Biography, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    108 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    PG-13
  • |
    • Release Date
    2016
  • |
    • Countries
    USA, UK
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Tamil
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Matt Brown
WRITTEN BY
Matt Brown
CAST INCLUDES
Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Northam, Toby Jones
An official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival, THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY is the true story of a friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, a self-taught mathematical genius (Dev Patel), travels to Trinity College in Cambridge, where he meets a brilliant professor (Jeremy Irons). Over the course of five years, the two develop a strong bond and fight against prejudice to reveal the young mathematic genius to the world.

THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY is the true story of a friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel), a self-taught Indian mathematics genius, traveled to Trinity College, Cambridge, where over the course of five years, he forged a bond with his mentor, the brilliant and eccentric professor, G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons), while fighting against prejudice to reveal his mathematic genius to the world.

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