The Man Who Knew Infinity

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Based on the book of the same name by Robert Kanigel, The Man Who Knew Infinity is a British drama written and directed by Matthew Brown. The film premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and stars Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Devika Bhise, Stephen Fry, and Toby Jones.

The Man Who Knew Infinity is the true story of 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, forged a bond with his mentor, the brilliant and eccentric professor, G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons), and fought against prejudice to reveal his mathematic genius to the world.

Patel was excited to finally find a role he could chew on. “I wanted to do the role because it is rare for an actor who looks like I do to come across something that is so meaty, and I knew the film would attract stellar artists who I’d get to act opposite. When a film does not rely on CGI or special effects, it’s performance driven, and I thought a story about two humans with drastically different ideals would be an amazing journey to go on and it turned out to be just that.”

The Man Who Knew Infinity is rated PG.