Hakase no aišita súšiki

Gentle and fleeting like a sakura petal floating through a breeze to the ground. It's a film about love for mathematics, but also about love for people. The film is not moving, nor does it pretend to be. It simply tells the stories of four people who intersect and interact at a certain point in time. I really liked how the film portrays the goodness of people. There are no twists and turns, you could say the film doesn’t really have a climax, it really is like a math lesson – when the bell rings, the tale is over and you might take away something about prime numbers. A strong yet fragile 3 stars. (31/08/2014)