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2015 · 111 min

A tender, quietly aching coming-of-age story that makes you feel the loneliness of a brilliant mind slowly opening to connection.

Directed by: Morgan Matthews
Genres: Drama
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins

Tagline: Is there a formula for love?
Overview: Struggling to connect with those around him, a teenage math prodigy trains for the International Mathematical Olympiad, where a budding romance with a fellow contestant breaks through his emotional walls and teaches him that love cannot be calculated.

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Directed by: Morgan Matthews
Genres: Drama
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
coming-of-age
identity
love
family
Places: school
big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Morgan Matthews
Written by: Morgan Matthews, James Graham
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Jo Yang, Alex Lawther, Alexa Davies, Martin McCann
Music: Martin Phipps
Cinematography: Danny Cohen
Runtime: 111 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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