IFC Films nabs Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons' “The Man Who Knew Infinity” October 15, 2015 - 13:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - IFC Films has acquired North American rights to writer-director Matthew Brown’s drama “The Man Who Knew Infinity”, which stars Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons, the company announced Wednesday, October 14, according to TheWrap. Stephen Fry, Toby Jones and Devika Bhise co-star in the movie, which recently made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival before opening the Zurich Film Festival. Based on Robert Kanigel’s biography “The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan,” the film chronicles the true story of a friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, Ramanujan (Patel), a self-taught Indian mathematician, travels to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he forges a bond with his mentor, the eccentric professor GH Hardy (Irons) and fights against prejudice to reveal his mathematic genius to the world. The film was produced by Edward R. Pressman, Jim Young, Joe Thomas, Sofia Sondervan, Jon Katz and Brown, and executive produced by Swati Bhise, Joseph N. Cohen, Gary Ellis, Pamela Godfrey, Phil Hunt, Mark Montgomery, Compton Ross, Manraj S. Sekhon, Shail Shah, Tristine Skyler, Min-Li Tan, Masaaki Tanaka and Richard Toussaint. “Matthew Brown has crafted a crowd pleasing film, ideal for smart adult audiences, in which both Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel deliver incredible performances,” said Jonathan Sehring, president of Sundance Selects/IFC Films.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
