... specifically its relationship to the computer and their individual belief systems. The son, Pavel is a school aged boy approximately 10 years old, who lives with his divorced father in a housing complex near his aunt. The only active relationship he has with his loving mother is via mail and her visits around the holidays; she never appears or is formally introduced in the film. The film is focuses on and expands upon the role the computer and the father's measurement theory play in each of their lives. The father is a linguist professor, who is a self-proclaimed atheist and believes only in scientific facts that can be measured or concretely proven - his so called "Measurement Theory". He thrives on logic and is infatuated with technology, specifically computers. His sister is a much more compassionate and simple person; she is a practicing Catholic who believes in the Christian doctrine. ...

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