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Cannes falls in love with maths

by Charlotte Higgins May 17, 2009.

Print: The Guardian

Some lighter fare: a new movie premiers at Cannes about an ancient skeptic, the 4th-century mathematician and astronomer Hypatia.  (Unfortunately, she ends up getting killed by an angry Christian mob, so maybe not so light after all.)