Prime numbers are Marguerite Hoffmann's great passion. The brilliant mathematics student is the only woman on the doctoral program under the renowned Professor Laurent Werner at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. But when she is confronted with a serious error in her work during a presentation to a research committee and loses her composure, her supervisor drops her and devotes himself entirely to the talented doctoral student Lucas Savelli.
Prime numbers are Marguerite Hoffmann's great passion. The brilliant mathematics student is the only woman on the doctoral program under the renowned Professor Laurent Werner at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. But when she is confronted with a serious error in her work during a presentation to a research committee and loses her composure, her supervisor drops her and devotes himself entirely to the talented doctoral student Lucas Savelli. Deeply shaken and full of self-doubt, Marguerite throws everything away and looks for a temporary job. She soon realizes that life outside the university also holds surprising insights and that neither mathematics nor Lucas can be banished from her life so easily...
In 'The Equation of Her Life', Ella Rumpf plays Marguerite alongside Sonia Bonny as Noa, Clotilde Courau as Suzanne, Julien Frisonas Lucas Savelli, Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Laurent Werner, Édouard Sulpice as Student, Idir Azougli as Yanis, Xiaoxing Cheng as M. Kong, Camille de Sablet, Ava Baya, Gautier Boxebeld, Esdras Registe and Leïla Muse authentically and sensitively portray a highly gifted young woman who has to learn that the great mathematical puzzles cannot be solved at her desk alone. Director Anna Novion's sensitive film about the beauty of numbers and the many variables on the path to self-determination celebrated its world premiere as part of the special screenings at the Cannes Film Festival.
