Out of curiosity about genius, decided to watch this biographical film.
The movie comes from a legendary story: Srinivasser Ramanujan, an Indian math wizard, left his hometown to study in Cambridge, England, from an obscure and poor Indian boy in an era of inequality. In the era of discrimination, they were appreciated by the famous British mathematics professor Hardy. With the mutual support of teachers and friends, the two successfully dig out better results in the field of mathematics.
During the First World War, as India under British rule, Ramanujan, who was living at the bottom, was struggling to find a job. Finally, because his mathematics talents were appreciated, he had the opportunity to enter Cambridge to study. Many genius stories are told from children, and this movie especially begins with the highlights of life.
Because life in Cambridge was also his most conflicted days. Being discriminated against because of race and skin color, because of the inconvenience of being a vegetarian, the pressure of living is very high, and there is a mutual incomprehension between the divine formula and the rigorous logical proof. Make him too painful and happy.
There is also a Hardy mentor who highly recommended him and sternly instructed him. Young and mature, God-given and rigorous, divine creation and atheism, every cooperation is a confrontation. It is difficult for Ramanujan to see the appreciation, support and care hidden behind Hardy. Both of them are madmen in the subject of mathematics.
Finally, the tone of the film is very retro, the simplicity and greatness of the academics of that era, bathed in brown glory.
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