: Maximilian Cohen is an unemployed, reclusive number theorist living in a disheveled New York apartment. Suffering from debilitating cluster headaches and paranoia, he lives behind multiple locks, obsessed with the idea that everything in nature can be understood through numbers.
If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge. Therefore, there are patterns everywhere in nature. Pi: Fe en el caos
: Using Euclid, a massive homemade supercomputer that occupies most of his living space, Max attempts to find a pattern in the stock market. After a system crash, he discovers a 216-digit number that appears to be more than just a glitch—it seems to be a code that unlocks the fundamental nature of reality. : Maximilian Cohen is an unemployed, reclusive number
: A group of ruthless stock market heavies who want the number to predict and manipulate financial markets. Therefore, there are patterns everywhere in nature
The title (Pi: Faith in Chaos) refers to the 1998 psychological thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky . The story explores the harrowing descent of a mathematical genius into madness and obsession as he seeks a universal pattern behind existence. The Story of Max Cohen
: Filmed in high-contrast, grainy black-and-white, the movie uses a manic, "frenetic" editing style to mirror Max’s deteriorating mental state.