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:
Piensa o muere (Think or die) See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
SpainLanguage:
SpanishRelease Date:
16 November 2007 (Spain) See more »Also Known As:
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Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$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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Galois: Do you know what prime numbers are? Because if you don't, you should just leave now.
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Composed by J
Performed by Los Planetas
2003 BMG Music Spain, S.A.
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When the group is in the boat on the lake, Hilbert mentions the classic riddle about the farmer and the cabbage, sheep, and wolf. It is the exact same style of riddles and logical thinking conundrums the group is given once inside the room. A subtle indication that he is the perpetrator. 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
Experimentos con gaseosaComposed by J
Performed by Los Planetas
2003 BMG Music Spain, S.A.
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Four mathematician's are invited to a home, to discuss ideas. Once there they soon discover that it's a trap, where they have to solve problems, while the walls slowly close in on them...
On paper, this film sounds like an intelligent version of Saw. And there are slight similarities, but it's a much cleverer film. The plot is well thought out, as it keeps you guessing on who is behind it all. The film is very well acted by the cast, and the writers and directors Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Soperia keep the tension through out. The set design of the single room is impressive as the clever use of camera angles to add to the building tension as the room gets smaller.
Despite being a film where they use a lot of problems so it relies on the brain more than brawn, the problems themselves aren't overly complicated, and are easy to understand.
If there is a slight let-down, I thought the ending isn't as clever as the rest of the film, but despite this I really enjoyed the film and would recommend it.