The only Mathematical Fiction/Thriller I have ever seen.

Rating: 8/10 (3 September 2001)

A reclusive genius is on the verge of discovering that the number Pi is a magic number that will prove that the apparent randomness in the world has a predictable pattern. He is using the stock market as his experimental data base. He has only one friend, an old man who spent 20 years looking for a pattern in the digits of the number Pi but failed. Two disparate, desperate groups are after this work, one an investment firm and the other a Kabbalist group who believe that the pattern in the number represents the true name of God. This low-budget, black-and-white film was nominated for 11 awards and it won five of them, including the Director's Award at the Sundance Film Festival. I watched it twice before returning it. I can not remember ever seeing a mathematical thriller before. Pi is a fascinating film and I say this not just because I used to be a Mathematics teacher.