A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
August 5, 2013
Original Title:
Alexandre Grothendieck, sur les routes d'un génie
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
K Production
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 106
In the mid-1990s, Alexander Grothendieck, a genius mathematician, retired for good. We lose track. Winner of the Fields Medal (the equivalent of the Nobel Prize), this man had brought to the mathematical world one of his greatest theoretical advances. Its intellectual domination was assured. But in 1988 he turned down the Crafoord Prize and its million and a half dollars.
Director:
Yves Le Pestipon
Catherine Aira
Director of Photography:
Catherine Aira
Editor:
Catherine Aira
Executive Producer:
Lilie Lê-Liêu
Music:
François Remigi
Sound Engineer:
Elsa Sempé
Visual Effects Supervisor:
Frédéric Cassan
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