The Man Who Knew Infinity
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The Man Who Knew Infinity is a 2015 British biographical drama film about the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, based on the 1991 book of the same name by Robert Kanigel.
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Directed by | Matthew Brown |
Screenplay by | Matthew Brown |
Based on | The Man Who Knew Infinity by Robert Kanigel |
Produced by | Edward R. Pressman Jim Young Joe Thomas |
Starring | Dev Patel Jeremy Irons Devika Bhise Toby Jones Stephen Fry Jeremy Northam Kevin McNally Enzo Cilenti Arundhati Nag Dhritiman Chatterjee |
Cinematography | Larry Smith |
Edited by | JC Bond |
Music by | Coby Brown |
Production companies | Pressman Film Xeitgeist Entertainment Group Cayenne Pepper Productions |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures (United Kingdom) Mister Smith Entertainment (International) |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $10 million[1] |
Box office | $12.3 million[2] |
The film stars Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan, a real-life mathematician who, after growing up poor in Madras, India, earns admittance to Cambridge University during World War I, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G. H. Hardy, portrayed by Jeremy Irons.
Filming began in August 2014 at Trinity College, Cambridge after eight years in development.[3] The film had its world premiere as a gala presentation at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,[4][5] and was selected as the opening gala of the 2015 Zurich Film Festival.[6] It also played other film festivals including Singapore International Film Festival[7] and Dubai International Film Festival.[8]