Fermat's Room (2007)

Original title

La Habitación de Fermat

Directed by

Rodrigo Sopeña, Luis Piedrahita

Genre

thriller film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 462 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four people are lured to a house and locked in a room. They must solve math puzzles to stop the walls from crushing them.

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What happens

Fermat's Room (Spanish: La habitación de Fermat) is a 2007 Spanish thriller film directed by Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopeña. Three mathematicians and one inventor are invited to a house under the premise of solving a great enigma, and told to use pseudonyms based on famous historical mathematicians. At the house, they are trapped in a room. They must solve puzzles given by the host, who calls himself "Fermat", in order to escape the slowly closing walls of the room. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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