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The Last Night of Galois

On a spring night in the early 1800s, a brilliant young mathematician delivers his spiritual testament to history. The boy is in his twenties, his heart is seething with revolutionary fervor, a groundbreaking theory is on his mind, he loves an already committed woman, and in the aftermath he will challenge a sharpshooter to a duel. A short film based on a true story that traces the anguished and romantic last night of Évariste Galois.

Directed by Matteo Bergonzoni