The theory of everything

James Marsh directs this biographical drama starring Eddie Redmayne as English physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking and Felicity Jones as his first wife Jane. The film follows the relationship between Stephen and Jane as they fall in love while studying at Cambridge during the 1960s. With Jane's support, Stephen is able to cope with his diagnosis of advanced motor neurone disease, which leads to him becoming almost completely paralysed over the years, and achieve great success and international acclaim in the scientific field with his theories on time and space. However, with the deterioration of his health comes a deterioration of his marriage, putting further strain on the now world-renowned scientist. The cast also includes Charlie Cox, Emily Watson and David Thewlis.

Cast

Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Maxine Peake, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Charlotte Hope, Lucy Chappell, David Thewlis, Simon McBurney, Abigail Cruttenden

Genres

Drama

Language

English