At the core of this tender-hearted and moving British indie film is a fascinating relationship between a single mum and her autistic teenage son.
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Struggling to connect with those around him, a teenage math prodigy trains for the International Mathematical Olympiad, where a budding romance with a fellow contestant breaks through his emotional walls and teaches him that love cannot be calculated.
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[A] deeply affecting, sensitively handled British drama.
A fiction loosely based on fact that adds up to a satisfying, compelling drama.
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