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Spadikam (1995)
, 2h30Directed by Bhadran
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about mathematics
Actors Mohanlal, Thilakan, Urvashi, Spadikam George, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Silk Smitha
Chacko Master (Thilakan) is a high-school headmaster who is a president's medal winner in Mathematics. He is a very strict teacher and emphasizes memorization and discipline at the expense of analysis and creativity in school. He punishes his students ruthlessly and gives no special treatment to his son Thomas, who is also a student in his class. Chacko always assumes that his son is behind every mischief in class, and punishes him until the actual culprit gives himself in.
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
, 2h15Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about education, Medical-themed films, Films about mathematics, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry
Actors Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Christopher Plummer, Josh Lucas
In 1947, John Nash (Crowe) arrives at Princeton University. He is co-recipient, with Martin Hansen (Lucas), of the prestigious Carnegie Scholarship for mathematics. At a reception, he meets a group of other promising math and science graduate students, Richard Sol (Goldberg), Ainsley (Jason Gray-Stanford), and Bender (Rapp). He also meets his roommate Charles Herman (Bettany), a literature student.
Good Will Hunting (1998)
, 2h6Directed by Gus Van Sant
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about mathematics, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Psychanalyse
Actors Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Minnie Driver, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård, Casey Affleck
Twenty-year-old Will Hunting (Damon) of South Boston is a self-taught, genius-level intellect with an eidetic memory, though he works simply as a janitor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and spends his free time drinking with his friends, Chuckie (Affleck), Billy (Cole Hauser) and Morgan (Casey Affleck). When Professor Gerald Lambeau (Skarsgård) posts a difficult problem taken from algebraic graph theory as a challenge for his graduate students, Will solves the problem anonymously, stunning both the graduate students and Lambeau himself. As a challenge to the unknown genius, Lambeau posts an even more difficult problem and chances upon Will solving it. Fearing he will lose his sole means of (a meager) income, Will flees and skips going into work the next day. That night, Will meets Skylar (Driver), a British orphan about to graduate from Harvard, who plans on attending medical school at Stanford.
Powers of Ten (1977)
, 9minutesOrigin USA
Genres Documentary, Animation
Themes Films about mathematics
Au commencement, un homme et une femme achèvent un pique-nique et entament une sieste au bord d'un lac à Chicago. La caméra qui les filme est placée à un mètre au-dessus d'eux. Elle reste centrée sur ce couple, mais va progressivement s'éloigner vers le haut, permettant au fur et à mesure d'avoir un champ de vision de plus en plus vaste sur ce qui entoure la scène initiale. La largeur du champ de vision et la hauteur du point de vue de la scène sont multipliées par 10 toutes les dix secondes, jusqu'à ce que l'on arrive aux limites observables de l'univers. Une fois « là », dans l'infiment grand, la caméra fait machine arrière, en accéléré, pour revenir sur la main de l'homme (toujours allongé sur l'herbe). La caméra pénètre alors la main de l'homme pour arriver cette fois à l'échelle du plus petit élément connu : le quark.
Super 30 (2019)
, 2h30Directed by Vikas Bahl
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about mathematics
Actors Hrithik Roshan, Virendra Saxena, Nandish Sandhu, Pankaj Tripathi, Amit Sadh, Aditya Srivastava
Anand Kumar est un brillant mathématicien. Il veut transmettre son talent aux plus jeunes en devenant professeur. Mais il se rend compte que son travail dans les écoles classiques ne donnent accès qu'aux enfants de riches. Il décide alors de créer « Super 30 ».
Hidden Figures (2016)
, 2h7Directed by Theodore Melfi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Space adventure films, Films about mathematics, Films about racism, Dans l'espace, Films about the Apollo program, Sur la Lune, Children's films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Aldis Hodge, Kirsten Dunst
Dans les années 1920, les parents de Katherine Coleman apprennent que leur fille possède un don pour les sciences, qu'elle doit parfaire en fréquentant une école pour Noirs (les Blancs étant dans des écoles séparées) car elle est dotée d'aptitudes intellectuelles supérieures. En 1962, devenue mathématicienne, Katherine Coleman (désormais Goble) travaille au sein d'un groupe de calculatrices humaines, sur le campus ouest du Centre de recherche Langley à Hampton, en Virginie, aux États-Unis, avec deux amies et collègues : l'aspirante ingénieure Mary Jackson et la superviseure d'équipe Dorothy Vaughan. À la suite du lancement réussi de Spoutnik 1, Al Harrison, directeur du Space Task Group, exige encore plus d'efforts de la part des employés sous sa supervision, de crainte que les Soviétiques ne mettent en orbite une bombe H pouvant exploser au-dessus du sol américain. Goble est envoyée dans son groupe pour vérifier les calculs, devenant la première Afro-Américaine à participer à ce groupe de recherche. Au début, elle est ignorée de ses collègues blancs et doit travailler à partir de données partiellement masquées (Goble n'ayant pas le niveau d'habilitation nécessaire) sous les ordres de Paul Stafford, un homme croyant en sa supériorité intellectuelle et refusant de reconnaître le travail de Katherine.
Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)
, 27minutesDirected by Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske, Les Clark, Joshua Meador
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about mathematics, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films
Actors Clarence Nash, Paul Frees
Donald Duck explique, grâce à plusieurs aventures dans le monde de l'animation, l'avantage des mathématiques dans le quotidien ainsi que quelques applications pratiques des mathématiques.
The Theory of Everything (2014)
, 2h3Directed by James Marsh
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about mathematics, Films about disabilities
Actors Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Emily Watson, Harry Lloyd, David Thewlis, Charlie Cox
In 1963, Cambridge University astrophysics student Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) begins a relationship with literature student Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones). Although Stephen excels at mathematics and physics, his friends and professors are concerned over his lack of thesis topic. After Stephen and his professor Dennis Sciama (David Thewlis) attend a lecture on black holes, Stephen speculates that black holes may have been part of the creation of the universe and decides to write his thesis on time.
Gifted (2017)
Directed by Marc Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about mathematics, Children's films
Actors Chris Evans, Jenny Slate, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer, McKenna Grace, Julie Ann Emery
After his sister's death, a man feels her daughter's potential is being underutilized and fights for custody against his mother.
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
, 1h53Directed by Eric Bress
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Films about children, Films about mathematics, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Time travel films, Films about pedophilia, Films about pornography, Alternate history films
Actors Ashton Kutcher, Melora Walters, Amy Smart, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, Eric Stoltz
Growing up, Evan Treborn, and his friends, siblings Kayleigh and Tommy Miller, and Lenny, suffered many severe psychological traumas that frequently caused him to black out. These traumas include being coerced to take part in child pornography by Kayleigh and Tommy's father, George Miller (Eric Stoltz), being nearly strangled to death by his institutionalized father, Jason Treborn (Callum Keith Rennie), who is then killed in front of him by guards; accidentally killing a mother and her infant daughter while playing with dynamite with his friends; and seeing his dog being burned alive by Tommy.
21 Grams (2003)
, 2h4Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about mathematics, Films about suicide
Actors Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio del Toro, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Danny Huston, Eddie Marsan
The story is told in a non-linear manner. The following is a linear, chronological summary of the plot:
, 57minutesOrigin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about mathematics, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Suspect X (2008)
, 2h8Directed by Hiroshi Nishitani
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about mathematics
Actors Masaharu Fukuyama, Kō Shibasaki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kazuki Kitamura, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Iizuka Minoru
A murder has occurred and the police are unable to find loopholes in the alibi of the main suspect, thus creating obstacles in the investigation.
Stand and Deliver (1988)
, 1h43Directed by Ramón Menéndez
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about education, Films about mathematics, Gangster films
Actors Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy García, Estelle Harris, Carmen Argenziano
Jaime Escalante becomes a math teacher at James A. Garfield High School in Eastern Los Angeles. The school is full of hispanic students from working class families who are way below their grade level in terms of academic skills and have a lot of social problems. Escalante seeks to change the school culture to help the students excel in academics. He soon realizes the untapped potential of his class and sets a goal of having the students taking AP Calculus by their senior year. Escalante instructs his class under the philosophy of "ganas", roughly translating into "desire" or "motivation". The students begin taking summer classes in advanced mathematics with Escalante having to withstand the cynicism of other faculty, who feel the students are not capable enough. As the students struggle with the lower expectations they face in society, Escalante helps them overcome the adversity and pass the AP Calculus exams. To his dismay, the Educational Testing Service questions the success of the students, insisting there is too much overlap in their errors and suggests the students cheated. Escalante defends his students, feeling that the allegations are based more on racial and economic perceptions. He offers to have the students retake the test months later and the students succeed in passing the test again despite only having a day to prepare, dispelling the concerns of cheating.
Pi (1998)
, 1h24Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Films about mathematics, Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Stephen Pearlman, Ajay Naidu, Samia Shoaib
Max Cohen is the story's protagonist and unreliable narrator. Unemployed, and living in a dreary Chinatown apartment in New York City, Max is a number theorist who believes that everything in nature can be understood through numbers. He is capable of doing simple arithmetic calculations involving large numbers in his head, a skill that impresses Jenna, a small Chinese-American girl with a calculator who lives in his apartment building. Max also suffers from cluster headaches, as well as extreme paranoia, hallucinations, and social anxiety disorder. Other than Devi, a young woman living next door who sometimes speaks to him, Max's only social interaction is with Sol Robeson, his old mathematics mentor who is now an invalid.