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Where was The Man Who Knew Infinity filmed?

2016 film, directed by Matt Brown.

  • Melilla

The story is set in Chennai and Trinity College.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Chennai; Trinity College
Filmed in
Melilla

About The Man Who Knew Infinity

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Released
2016
Director
Matt Brown
Cast
Dev PatelJeremy IronsDevika BhiseToby JonesStephen FryJeremy NorthamKevin McNallyEnzo CilentiArundathi NagDhritiman Chatterjee
Genre
DramaBiographical
Based on
The Man Who Knew Infinity

The story

At the turn of the twentieth century, Srinivasa Ramanujan is a struggling and indigent citizen in the city of Madras in India working at menial jobs at the edge of poverty.

Hardy, a famous mathematician at University of Cambridge, who begins to take a special interest in Ramanujan.

Ramanujan is overwhelmed by the opportunity and decides to pursue Hardy's offer, even though this means he must leave his wife Janaki for an extended period.

Famous lines from The Man Who Knew Infinity

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Because I am Indian.S. Ramanujan
  • Because I have to. I see it.S. Ramanujan
  • Why do you think they want us to fail?G. H. Hardy
  • Well, yeah, there is that. But also because of what we represent. Now, Euler and Jacobi, who were they?G. H. Hardy
  • Like Euler. Form for its own sake, an art unto itself. And like all art, it reflects truth. It's the only truth I know. It's my church.G. H. Hardy

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