115 minutes / Color
French / English subtitles
Release: 2024
Copyright: 2023
The trajectory of Marguerite’s future, a brilliant mathematics PhD at France's prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure, seems perfectly planned out. As the only woman in her class in the male-dominated field of mathematics, Marguerite (Ella Rumpf) nervously awaits the completion of her years of hard work at her upcoming thesis defense.
However, on the crucial day, an unexpected mistake in Marguerite’s theorem throws off these plans, triggering a personal crisis that unravels all her certainties and career aspirations.
With her old life upended, she has to navigate the real world for the first time—gaining fresh insights on life, meeting new friends, and exploring the possibility of romance. MARGUERITE’S THEOREM is an unexpectedly tender and life-affirming portrait of one woman’s journey to define life on her own terms and find a balance between the rationality of the mind and the need for human connection.
“As surprising as it is stirring, this marvel surprises with its subject: a mathematical romance! Anna Novion’s third feature film has all the elements of a scientific and romantic thriller, painting the portrait of a young woman as unique as she is endearing.” —Le Parisien
“With Marguerite’s Theorem, Anna Novion reinvents the ‘prodigy film’ formula by adding a fascinating heroine and sensuality.” —GQ
“Following in the footsteps of Gus Van Sant’s Good Will Hunting, Anna Novion’s Marguerite’s Theorem traces the captivating trajectory of a brilliant, obsessive, and maverick mathematician portrayed by the excellent Ella Rumpf.” —Bande à part
“Offer[s] a touching romance with serious undertones, that’s a tender reminder of how to elevate a tried-and-true narrative without necessarily reinventing it.” —Film Inquiry
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