How I Learned to Love the Numbers (2014): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2014, How I Learned to Love the Numbers is a documentary film directed by Oliver Sechting, running about 88 minutes.

What it’s about. How I Learned to Love the Numbers is a New York film and at the same time the study of a young man suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The Berlin filmmaker Oliver Sechting (37) and his co-director Max Taubert (23) travel to New York with the idea of documenting the art scene there. However, the project is quickly overshadowed by Oliver's OCD, and the two directors fall prey to a conflict that becomes the central theme of their film. Encounters with such artists as film directors Tom Tykwer (Cloud Atlas), Ira Sachs (Keep The Lights On), and Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation) or the transmedia artist Phoebe Legere seem more and more to resemble therapy sessions. At last, Andy Warhol-Superstar Ultra Violet succeeds in opening a new door for Oliver.

Who’s in it. How I Learned to Love the Numbers stars Oliver Sechting as Self, Rosa von Praunheim as Self, Tom Tykwer as Self and Ira Sachs as Self, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 9.0/10, How I Learned to Love the Numbers sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch How I Learned to Love the Numbers page.

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