- Solid Geometry (film)
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name = Solid Geometry
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director =Denis Lawson
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writer =Ian McEwan (story)
Denis Lawson
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starring =Ewan McGregor
Ruth Millar
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released = 2002
runtime = 24 min.
country =U.K.
language = English
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imdb_id = 0343014"Solid Geometry" is a 2002 short TV film directed by
Denis Lawson , starringEwan McGregor and Ruth Millar. It is based on a short story byIan McEwan published in the collection "First Love, Last Rites ".Plot summary
Phil (McGregor) is a successful advertising executive and Maisie (Millar) is his young and hedonistic wife, but their lives are thrown into turmoil when Phil inherits his great-great grandfather's secret diaries. He becomes obsessed with research into
solid geometry contained in the diaries and is fascinated by the theory of "a plane without a surface." His pursuit of this mythical geometric concept tears his marriage apart. The film is interspersed with flashbacks showing Phil's great-great grandfather discovering the same mysteries of the supernatural side of geometry as Phil is uncovering by reading the diaries.Eventually Phil follows the instructions buried in the diaries and begins carefully folding a large sheet of paper in on itself like a lotus flower, then the folded paper emits a bright light, folds over itself and disappears. On seeing this, he dedicated his life to understanding more about the diaries and his great-great grandfather's mysterious disappearance.
External links
*imdb title|id=0343014|title=Solid Geometry
* [http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=108492 Channel Four Review]
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