MathFiction: Constans (The Constant Factor) (Krzysztof Zanussi)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Constans (The Constant Factor) (1980)

Krzysztof Zanussi
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In this film Witold, a Polish man who believes that he can explain all of life's mysteries and solve all of life's problems with mathematics, learns otherwise.

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Klein Bottle by Cho-Se Hui
Q.E.D. by Jack Eric Morpurgo
Dr. Casey’s Temporization by Jean McGarry
My Random Friend by Larry Eisenberg
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Genre
Motif	Math as Cold/Dry/Useless,
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Medium	Films,

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