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''Marguerite's Theorem'' () is 2023 French-Swiss drama film co-written and directed by . It is about a female mathematics student at ENS whose career is upended when an error is discovered in her work. It premiered on 22 May 2023 at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. It was distributed in France on 1 November 2023.


Synopsis

Marguerite is a young and brilliant mathematician, the only girl in her class at the ENS, entirely devoted to her passion. The day an error is discovered in her thesis, she is devastated. In a dizzy spell, she leaves the school, wiping out the past. She then dives into the real world, discovers autonomy, befriends the young Noa, and has sex for the first time. Matured by her experiences, it is in this new momentum that she manages to find a correct proof of her theorem.


Cast

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Ella Rumpf Ella Rumpf (born 4 February 1995) is a Swiss actress, best known for her role as Alexia in the 2016 horror drama film '' Raw'', which won the Sutherland Trophy at the 2016 BFI London Film Festival. Her other notable roles include, critical acclaim ...
as Marguerite Hoffmann *
Jean-Pierre Darroussin Jean-Pierre Darroussin (born 4 December 1953) is a French actor and filmmaker. He was born in Courbevoie, France. Theater Filmography Actor *1992: '' Riens du tout'' (directed by Cédric Klapisch starring Fabrice Luchini, Daniel Berlioux ...
as Laurent Werner, her thesis director *
Clotilde Courau Clotilde Marie Pascale di Savoia, Princess of Venice (née Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau; born 3 April 1969) is a French actress. She was married to Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Royal Families of the World ...
as Suzanne * as Lucas Savelli *Sonia Bonny as Noa *Cheng Xiaoxing (credited Maurice Cheng) as Mr. Kong *Idir Azougli as Yanis *Camille de Sablet as the trainer * Édouard Sulpice as a student *Yun-Ping He as a mahjong opponent *Karl Ruben Noel as the dancer *Ava Baya as the dancer's girlfriend *Gauthier Boxebeld as the manager *Leila Muse as the journalist *Esdras Registe as the colleague *Dominique Ratonnat as the professor *Capucine Chappey as Lucas's English-speaking friend


Production

To show mathematics realistically on the screen, Anna Novion worked with French mathematician Ariane Mézard, who provided all the equations written by the characters in the film, so that they are all authentic. Moreover, Mézard even made real progress on
Goldbach's conjecture Goldbach's conjecture is one of the oldest and best-known list of unsolved problems in mathematics, unsolved problems in number theory and all of mathematics. It states that every even and odd numbers, even natural number greater than 2 is the ...
, the goal of Marguerite's work, for the film.


Release

''Marguerite's Theorem'' was selected to be screened in the Special Screenings section at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 22 May 2023. The film was theatrically released in France by Pyramide on 1 November 2023.


Reception


Box office

''Marguerite's Theorem'' grossed $0 in North America and $1.2 million in other countries, against a production budget of about $3.2-3.4 million.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marguerite's Theorem) 2023 films 2020s French-language films 2020s French films French drama films Swiss drama films French-language Swiss films Films about mathematics France 2 Cinéma films