Claim: Christoph Waltz is an actor.

The Zero Theorem is a 2013 British-French-Romanian science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam , written by Pat Rushin , and starring Christoph Waltz , Lucas Hedges , Mélanie Thierry , and David Thewlis . The story centres on Qohen Leth -LRB- Waltz -RRB- , a reclusive computer genius working on a formula to determine whether life holds any meaning .   Some have called it the final part of `` The Brazil Trilogy '' , though Gilliam has not referred to the film this way . Nevertheless , one can easily regard the film as the third of a satirical dystopian trilogy or `` Orwellian triptych '' begun with 1985 's Brazil and continued with 1995 's 12 Monkeys .   The film began production in October 2012 .