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Solid Geometry (2002)

Solid Geometry poster
Directed by
Denis Lawson
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
30 min
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man becomes obsessed with a mysterious geometric object that he believes holds strange powers. His fixation strains his relationship with his wife and leads to unsettling revelations.

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What happens

Solid Geometry is a 2002 British mystery drama short film written and directed by Denis Lawson and starring his nephew Ewan McGregor and Ruth Millar. It is based on a short story by Ian McEwan, published in the 1975 collection First Love, Last Rites. It was made for the Scottish Television/Grampian Television New Found Land series, first shown by them on 3 October 2002. Co-financed by Channel 4, it was subsequently shown by them on 28 November 2002. Production on an earlier BBC adaptation was halted at a late stage in 1979. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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