Proof
{5/5} “I thought I should get all those ideas down while they were in my head.”
Proof, released in 2005
Catherine’s father has passed away. He was a mathematical genius who was sick for many years. Hal, who works in the math department that her father worked in, wants to look at her dad’s notebooks in case there’s anything worth publishing. Then her sister Claire comes for the funeral and asks a neverending series of annoying questions.
It’s about family, mental illness, and how to prove authorship of a work.
It’s brilliant.
Stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Anthony Hopkins. Directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love). The gentle music is by Stephen Warbeck.
This is the 2nd time I’ve seen it.