4 mathematicians are invited to solve an enigma. Once there, they're locked in a mechanically shrinking room and given 1 minute to solve each puzzle via cellphone while also figuring out why they're there.
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Title: Fermat's Room (2007)
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| Alejo Sauras | ... | Galois | |
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Elena Ballesteros | ... | Oliva |
| Lluís Homar | ... | Hilbert | |
| Santi Millán | ... | Pascal | |
| Federico Luppi | ... | Fermat | |
| Ariadna Cabrol | ... | Girl | |
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San Yélamos | ... | Girl |
| Alicia Fernández | ... | Girl | |
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Cesc Cornet | ... | Boy |
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Juanma Falcón | ... | Boy |
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Adam Nached | ... | Boy |
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Josep Minguell | ... | Doctor |
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Helena Carrión | ... | Librarian |
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Maria Piedrahita | ... | Fermat's Daughter |
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Víctor Benjumea | ... | Gas Station Attendant |
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Four mathematicians who do not know each other are invited by a mysterious host on the pretext of resolving a great enigma. The room in which they find themselves turns out to be a shrinking room that will crush them if they do not discover in time what connects them all and why someone might wish to murder them. Written by Luis Piedrahita & Rodrigo Sopeña
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shrinking room | locked in a room | mathematician | trapped in a room | chess |Taglines:
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Galois: Do you know what prime numbers are? Because if you don't, you should just leave now.
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Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J. S. Bach). Score by A. Siloti
Performed by Federico Jusid
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The red wallpaper pattern and the interface of the PDA resemble the layout of the room when seen from overhead, the same as the diagram drawn on the blackboard to figure out how to put the shelves together. See more »Goofs
The black board they are using to solve the problems is still showing the boxes of sweets they drew from a previous problem after they drew on it again to solve the problem related to the switches. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Galois: Do you know what prime numbers are? Because if you don't, you should just leave now.
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Crazy Credits
During the end credits, all accents are added later than the text appears. The character Hilbert is seen doing that continuously during the movie. See more »Soundtracks
Preludio en Si menor BWV 855Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J. S. Bach). Score by A. Siloti
Performed by Federico Jusid
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16 November 2007 (Spain) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,028,290Company Credits
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Notro Films, Bocaboca Producciones, Generalitat de Catalunya - Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC) See more »
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"Fermat's room" ("La habitación de Fermat") is a Spanish thriller, in the spirit of some recent American blockbusters, where maths are supposed to play an important role. But do not expect anything close to "Numbers" in terms of scientific depth. Maths here are only an anecdote.
In fact, this movie is for everyone but mathematicians, who will probably find that the challenges the characters have to face are too trivial and the alleged screw turns of the plot are quite predictable.
The script and the direction are basically OK, but the acting is quite irregular. While Lluís Homar and Santi Millán (especially Santi Millán, who clearly steals the show) are rather convincing and solid, I do not buy Alejo Sauras and Elena Ballesteros as young math geniuses. Maybe it is not all their fault, as their characters are arguably more stereotypical than the other two.
In the end, an entertaining popcorn movie for a rainy fall evening... as long as you do not know enough maths.