Dev Patel is back on the big screen this week as he leads an all-star cast in The Man Who Knew Infinity.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity sees Patel take on the real-life role of Srinivasa Ramanujan, who became a pioneer in mathematical theories when he arrived at Cambridge University during World War I.
The movie sees Patel part of another amazing cast list as Jeremy Iron, Toby Jones, Stephen fry, Jeremy Northam, and Kevin McNally. And you can see some of the actors in action in these great new clips. Take a look:
The Man Who Knew Infinity is based on the 1991 book of the same name by Robert Kanigel and has been adapted for the big screen by Matt Brown.
As well as penning the screenplay, Brown is also in the director's chair for the film. This is only the second feature of his career and comes six years after he made his debut with Ropewalk.
Colonial India, 1913. Srinivasa Ramanujan (Patel) is a 25-year-old shipping clerk and self-taught genius, who failed out of college due to his near-obsessive, solitary study of mathematics. Determined to pursue his passion despite rejection and derision from his peers, Ramanujan writes a letter to G. H. Hardy (Irons), an eminent British mathematics professor at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Hardy recognizes the originality and brilliance of Ramanujan's raw talent and despite the skepticism of his colleagues, undertakes bringing him to Cambridge so that his theories can be explored. The Man Who Knew Infinity is the improbable true story of a unique genius whose pivotal theories propelled him from obscurity into a world in the midst of war, and how he fought tirelessly to show the world the magic of his mind.
The Man Who Knew Infinity is released 8th April.
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