00:04The film tells the story of John Nash, a famous American mathematician who suffered
00:10of schizophrenia and whose theories earned him the Nobel Prize in Economics in
00:15The year was 1994. Nash was an isolated man even while in
00:20In the company of other people, this isolated and egocentric behavior was reflected in his
00:25Their way of dressing, their hairstyle, their way of thinking, even the way they walked. Throughout the course of the film
00:31We can see how John suffers hallucinations and delusions, a product of his schizophrenia. These
00:37The hallucinations begin while he is at university; the first one he experiences involves
00:42The name Charles, who takes on the role of Nash's roommate. Later he meets
00:48to secret agent William Parcher and the last of the hallucinations that presents itself to him is the little
00:53Marcy. From the moment Marcy appears, we can tell that she is possibly not
00:58real, since in this scene he is shown running among the pigeons, but if we pay special attention
01:04We can see how the pigeons don't even notice the little girl's presence. The hallucinations
01:10The aforementioned elements play an important role as they allow the protagonist to satisfy two major needs.
01:16needs. On the one hand, Charles and Marcy's hallucinations gratify their deficiencies in
01:22to protect and be protected. We know this because throughout the film, Charles is shown as...
01:28He's Nash's best friend, and little Marcy is his pride and joy. On the other hand, there's Agent
01:33William Parcher, who helps him satisfy his need to be recognized and feel important, is his secret.
01:39because of his achievements. These hallucinations help John maintain a balance between his coherence
01:45and the environment, because in his reality he couldn't find fulfillment. Despite all this, Nash
01:53He marries Alicia, one of his students. The relationship seems normal until she...
01:59She learns of her husband's diagnosis. John Nash was diagnosed with schizophrenia; he suffered from
02:05He suffered from delusions of both persecution and grandeur. He thought the Russians were persecuting him because they wanted
02:10to end his life. This was due to his important work with the United States government.
02:15deciphering codes to find a bomb, which did not exist.
02:23John is hospitalized in a psychiatric ward under the care of Dr. Rosen. He explains the disorder to Alicia.
02:29that her husband suffers and makes him see that some of the people he has lived with possibly
02:35They may not be real. The moment John wakes up in the hospital, he sees Charles and at first thinks
02:41that the Russians have captured him and apologizes to his friend for having made him a participant in his
02:45secret operations because he believes he has also been captured. Later, he changes his mind and fears
02:52Perhaps Charles himself was the one who handed him over to the Russians. Time passes and Nash is
02:58medicated.
02:59Because of these medications, he mentions that he finds it difficult to concentrate and see solutions to the
03:04math problems just like he did before he was medicated. When he realizes this,
03:10She decides to stop taking the medication. Because she stops taking the medication, her hallucinations return.
03:15This time in the form of Agent Parcher, who makes John believe that he is as real as
03:20it is
03:21everything around them and mentions that thanks to their work they are very close to finding
03:26The bomb she had initially mentioned. Alicia realizes that John has stopped taking his medication.
03:32when she discovers that her husband has gone back to work searching for clues in an old warehouse that is
03:37right behind his house. When Alicia tries to call Dr. Rosen, Nash's hallucinations return.
03:43and they ask him to kill his wife, because thanks to her his life is in great danger.
03:49She takes her small baby and decides to leave the house. When she is about to leave in the
03:53car,
03:54John stops her.
04:05He never grew up.
04:10Marcy can't be real. She's never grown up.
04:15Thanks to realizing that little Marcy never grew up, she was finally able to confirm that
04:20It was actually just a hallucination. Nash decides not to return to the hospital, and his wife has
04:25to sign a document that validates that decision. She signs it because John tells her that he
04:30He can control his hallucinations without medication. Thus, he returns to university.
04:38This time he went to the office of his old friend and rival, Martin Hansen, who is now head of the department.
04:44of mathematics at Princeton. While there, Charles's hallucination returns and tells him that he is
04:50I need to tell him he's back because he's a genius. John makes a gesture which Hansen takes with
04:56Strangeness. John asks him to forget what he saw and he tells him that's what friends are for.
05:02Hansen grants him permission to work outside of class in the library and auditing department. The
05:08As Nash grows older, he learns to ignore his hallucinations. Eventually, he earns the privilege
05:13to teach again. In 1994, his fellow teachers honored him for his achievements in mathematics.
05:20and wins the Nobel Prize in Economics thanks to his revolutionary work in game theory.
05:27In the final scene, Nash and Alicia leave the Stockholm auditorium. Nash then sees Charles,
05:34Marcy and Parcher stand to one side, watching him. This is how the film ends, in which we can
05:41To see how, despite everything, John Nash pulls through thanks to his own willpower and the
05:47people who surround him.
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