Proof
After her brilliant but mentally ill father's death, a young woman fears she may inherit his condition while dealing with her estranged sister and a former student searching through his papers.
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""Proof" hones in on the emotional relationships in the play. With Rebecca Miller jointly credited with David Auburn on adapting his play, this is less coy about who did what to whom when in reality or delusion than it is about connections between people. The flashbacks cut effectively back and forth and smooth out where each character is coming from. "Catherine," the daughter of a brilliant mathematician who is somewhat modeled on John Nash's struggles with madness which were portrayed in "A Beautiful Mind," is still the focal point of attention. But with ..."
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According to the clues of Hal, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, the proof can be the proof of Riemann hypothesis. He says "a very important proof, of a mathematical theorem about prime numbers, which mathematicians are trying to prove; it's historic; you can publish it, give press conferences; all newspapers in the world will talk to the person who have found it." It's one of the Millennium Problems.
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After her brilliant but mentally ill father's death, a young woman fears she may inherit his condition while dealing with her estranged sister and a former student searching through his papers.