The Oxford Murders
Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Whodunit, Detective, Detective fiction, Crime Fiction
Year: 2008
Country: Spain, United Kingdom, France
Language: English Language
Starring: Elijah Wood, John Hurt, Julie Cox, Leonor Watling, Burn Gorman, Anna Massey, Jim Carter, Charlotte Asprey, Danny Sapani, Ian East, Dominique Pinon, Alex Cox, Alan David, Tim Wallers, James Weber Brown
The Oxford Murders is a 2008 film directed by Álex de la Iglesia. This thriller film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Argentine mathematician and writer Guillermo Martínez. The film stars Elijah Wood, John Hurt and Spanish actress Leonor Watling.
Martin (Elijah Wood), an American student at the University of Oxford, wants Arthur Seldom (Hurt) as his thesis supervisor. He idolises Seldom and has learned all about him. He takes accommodation in Oxford at the house of Mrs. Eagleton (Anna Massey), an old friend of Seldom. Also in the house is her daughter, Beth (Julie Cox), who is her full time caregiver — which she resents bitterly — and a musician by occupation.
In a public lecture, Seldom quotes Wittgenstein's Tractatus to deny the possibility of absolute truth. Hoping to impress his idol, Martin disputes this, asserting his faith in the absolute truth of mathematics: "I believe in the number pi." Seldom humiliates him, ridiculing his arguments and making him look foolish in front of the audience. Disillusioned, Martin decides to abandon his studies and goes to his office to collect his belongings. There, he encounters his office-mate, a bitter mathematician Podorov
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