History Film / TheZeroTheorem

** [[spoiler: Management could counts as a dark exemple as he knows about the utter meaninglessness of it all, but still bothers to make business.]]

** [[spoiler:Qohen fails to solve the Zero Theorem, gets fired, and is unable to reconcile with Bainsley, Joby is also fired for Qohen's screw-up, Bob is hospitalized with a severe fever that will most likely kill him, and Management implies that he's just going to keep trying to solve the Zero Theorem. However, Qohen finally takes the leap into the giant black hole in his dreams and winds up on the beach that he and Bainsley used to play around in; his letting the sun set when it was once permanently fixed at a certain point might symbolize that he's ready to finally move on in his life.]]
** Also, [[spoiler:The Neural Net may be destroyed, stopping Management forever, depending on whether Qohen's tantrum is real or just more of his weird imaginings]]

** Also, the in-your-face in-universe gag when Bob tells Qohen he's [[TheChosenOne "The One"]] foretold by the Oracle

''The Zero Theorem'' is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Creator/TerryGilliam. It stars Creator/ChristophWaltz, Mélanie Thierry, Creator/DavidThewlis, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/BenWhishaw.

* TheRainman: Qohen has a lot of Autistic traits; his social awkwardness, his fear of people, his fear of being touched, his intelligence over social skills and his obsession with getting his phone call of the answer to the meaning of existence.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Qohen fails to solve the Zero Theorem, gets fired, and is unable to reconcile with Bainsley, Joby is also fired for Qohen's screw-up, Bob is hospitalized with a severe fever that will most likely kill him, and Management implies that he's just going to keep trying to solve the Zero Theorem. However, Qohen finally takes the leap into the giant black hole in his dreams and winds up on the beach that he and Bainsley used to play around in; his letting the sun set when it was once permanently fixed at a certain point might symbolize that he's ready to finally move on in his life.]]

* LogicalFallacies: In order to learn if life has value, Qohen must use a computer to make zero equal 100%. Naturally, this proves difficult.
** He apparently gets closer than anyone else had before. However, once he learns what the Zero Theorem actually is, he hits a big snag as he [[spoiler:doesn't want it to be true]].

** When Joby shows Qohen the Mancom mainframe, he jokingly says to him, "Now by [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes vewwy vewwy quiet.]] We're hunting entities."

* ShoutOut: To ''Main/{{Matrix}}'', at least.

** [[spoiler: Management could counts as a dark exemple as he knows about the utter meaninglessness of it all, but still bother to make business.

** The pads Qohen puts over his eyes when he sleeps look like the eye-pads used on the test subjects in ''La Jetee''

* AffablyEvil: Management turns out to be this. He wants the Zero Theorem proven so that [[spoiler:he can convince people to live in the now (preferably with his company's products and services) instead of wasting their time thinking about potential afterlives or deeper philosophical topics]]. When Qohen [[spoiler:fails to come through with it]], Management's response is to [[spoiler:gently fire him]].

* BittersweetEnding: Qohen [[spoiler:fails to solve the Zero Theorem, gets fired, and is unable to reconcile with Bainsley]], Joby is [[spoiler:also fired for Qohen's screw-up]], Bob is [[spoiler:hospitalized with a severe fever that will most likely kill him]], and Management implies that [[spoiler:he's just going to keep trying to solve the Zero Theorem]]. However, Qohen finally takes the leap into [[spoiler:the giant black hole in his dreams]] and winds up in [[spoiler:the beach that he and Bainsley used to play around in]]; his [[spoiler:letting the sun set when it was once permanently fixed at a certain point might symbolize that he's ready to finally move on in his life]].

''The Zero Theorem'' is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Creator/TerryGilliam. It stars Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/DavidThewlis, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/BenWhishaw, and Mélanie Thierry.

''The Zero Theorem'' is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Creator/TerryGilliam. It stars Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/BenWhishaw, David Thewlis and Mélanie Thierry.

''The Zero Theorem'' is a 2014 film directed by Creator/TerryGilliam. It stars Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/BenWhishaw, David Thewlis and Mélanie Thierry.

* TheAntiNihilist: Bob believes in the Zero Theorem, the idea that everything ultimately adds up to nothing (meaning life is ultimately without actual meaning or beyond) but sees it as a source of joy and reassurance opposed to Qohen who finds this idea depressing:

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Bainsley, although she doesn't have sex with her clients. She's a bit more like a more interactive camgirl with a heart of gold.

* TheAntiNihilist: Bob believes in the Zero Theorem, the idea that everything ultimately adds up to nothing (meaning life is ultimately pointless) and is still happy:

But as he says so himself, he's young enough to believe anything, even that it might be wrong.