Movie: Achieving the Unachievable

Top 5 Billed Cast

Denys Arcand
Denys Arcand

Self

Joost Batenburg
Joost Batenburg

Self

François Bergeron
François Bergeron

Self

Hendrik Lenstra
Hendrik Lenstra

Self

M. C. Escher
M. C. Escher

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    M.C. Escher is among the most intriguing of artists. In 1956 he challenged the laws of perspective with his graphic Print Gallery and his uncompleted master-piece quickly became the most puzzling enigma of modern art. Fifty years later, can mathematician Hendrik Lenstra complete it? Should he?

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    2007-09-01

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