Directed by:
Saverio CostanzoCinematography:
Fabio CianchettiComposer:
Mike PattonCast:
Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Marinelli, Isabella Rossellini, Filippo Timi, Vittorio Lomartire, Arianna Nastro, Martina Albano, Tommaso Maria Neri (more)Plots(1)
Prime numbers can only be divided by themselves or by one, and, as such, they are inherently solitary phenomena. If two primes come together the result will be unpredictable, to say the least. This is the matematical- -philosophical premise underlying the novel The Solitude of Prime Numbers by 26-year-old Italian physicist Paolo Giordano, published in 2008. The adaptation of the instantaneous bestseller was taken up by one of Italy’s most intriguing contemporary young filmmakers, Saverio Costanzo. The director (with script collaboration from Giordano himself) left key events in the novel unchanged yet, in contrast to the linear character of the original text, he adopted a very loose approach to the narrative structure of the film version. Employing fragments, ellipses and flashbacks, he presents the story of the vulnerable Alice and her equally introverted friend Mattia, two “prime numbers” whose lives, each unfolding along its own axis, are marked by two tragic episodes from their childhood. With strong emphasis on expressivity of sound and image, Costanzo succeeds in mediating a powerful sense of apprehension, fear and also rare intimacy. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
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The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Music from the Film and Inspired by the Book
Label: Ipecac Recordings
Year: 2011
Country: USA
Format: CD, digital
Length: 38:07
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2. | Twin Primes | Mike Patton | 01:55 |
3. | Identity Matrix | Mike Patton | 00:56 |
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5. | Method Of Infinite Descent | Mike Patton | 02:17 |
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7. | Constapositive | Mike Patton | 03:03 |
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11. | Cicatrix | Mike Patton | 02:02 |
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13. | Abscissa | Mike Patton | 01:40 |
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17. | Isolated Primes | Mike Patton | 01:42 |
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19. | Radius Of Convergence | Mike Patton | 04:24 |
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23. | Separatrix | Mike Patton | 01:00 |
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29. | The Snow Angel | Mike Patton | 01:41 |
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37. | Supersingular Primes | Mike Patton | 00:54 |
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41. | Quadratix | Mike Patton | 01:01 |
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43. | Calculus Of Finite Differences | Mike Patton | 03:04 |
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47. | Zeroth | Mike Patton | 01:26 |
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53. | Weight of Consequences (Quod Erat Demonstradum) | Mike Patton | 07:05 |