When a mysterious number appears on Maximilian Cohen's computer, the reclusive mathematician finds himself the target of Wall Street speculators and an orthodox Jewish sect.

Darren Aronofsky's debut feature film was shot on a meagre budget of $60,000 and won Aronofsky the Best Director award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. It remains a brilliant depiction of scientific obsession, paranoia and lonely genius.