Plot summary

The University of Cambridge, early 1960s England. Harbouring mutual curiosity for each other, future theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking and medieval Spanish poetry student Jane Hawking fall in love. Then, at 21, Hawking was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a degenerative motor neurone disease paralysing his nervous system. But as Stephen's physical decline progressed, with doctors giving him only a few years to live, Hawking's mind prevailed. And having no plans to give up or retire, Stephen Hawking always remained focused on his quest for the elusive Theory of Everything, a master equation explaining and unifying all aspects of the universe.—Nick Riganas