Fermat's Room
2007

Fermat's Room

★ 6.6 / 10
IMDb
Directed by Luis Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña
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Synopsis

Fermat's Room is a Spanish thriller that centers around four mathematicians who receive a mysterious invitation to a gathering. Once there, they find themselves trapped in a mechanically shrinking room and must solve intricate math puzzles to prevent the room from completely crushing them.

Did You Know?
  • The movie's original Spanish title is 'La Habitación de Fermat'.
  • It's a Spanish thriller with mathematicians as the main characters.
  • The film's numbers theme extends to the character names.
  • The room's shrinking mechanism is fictional, not based on real physics.
  • The movie uses historical mathematical problems in its plot.
Iconic Quotes
  • Nothing is as it seems.
  • I love mathematics because of its beauty.
  • We're not murderers, no matter what the police say.
  • In a prison, the captive has the right to know why.
  • The mind has an amazing ability to forget what it doesn't need.
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Why Eltorama recommends this film

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Four mathematicians who do not know each other are invited by a mysterious host with the pseudonym 'Fermat' to solve a great enigma.
Four mathematicians are trapped in a room and must solve puzzles to survive, similar to 'Exam'.