The film, based on the biography by Robert Kanigel, tells the story of the self-taught Indian mathematician, Ramanujan (Patel), who travels to Trinity College and forges a friendship with his mentor, GH Hardy (Irons).
The Man Who Knew Infinity had its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, IFC has not announced a release date as of yet.
The Man Who Knew Infinity’ is the true story of a friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, Ramanujan, a self-taught Indian mathematician travels to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he forges a bond with his mentor, the eccentric professor GH Hardy, and fights against prejudice to reveal his mathematic genius to the world.
