X+Y

About X+Y

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.

X+Y is a 2015 drama film directed by Morgan Matthews. The film is filed under death of father, autism, mathematics, and child prodigy.

Asa Butterfield stars as Nathan Ellis, Rafe Spall as Martin Humphreys, Sally Hawkins as Julie Ellis, and Eddie Marsan as Richard. Released in March 2015, it runs 111 minutes.

The screenplay is by James Graham and Morgan Matthews. Production companies include BFI and Original Pictures. It is adapted from real events. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

The Man Who Knew Infinity, The Unbreakable Boy, and A Beautiful Mind make useful companions to X+Y, all filed under cambridge university. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 627 votes and it carries a NR rating.