In ‘Adam,’ Hugh Dancy plays a man on the autism spectrum whose difficulties with social interactions get in the way of his hopes for a romance with a neighbor, played by Rose Byrne. The small-budget film will be released Wednesday. An excerpt of the dialogue, thanks to the New England Cable Network:

He: My brain works differently from NTs.

She: NTs?

He: Neurotypicals. Sometimes I can’t understand them — especially when they mean something different from what they’re actually saying.

She: You don’t do that?

He: Most Aspies are really honest. Psychologists think it’s a lack of imagination, but psychologists are mostly NTs. Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson, Mozart — they all had lots of imagination.

She: They had Asperger’s?

He: Probably.

See also:

Offbeat love story in ‘Adam’ a real friendship — USA Today

Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne are two of a kind — Los Angeles Times

Love interest breaks type, uses brain — New York Times

Playing it straight — Scotland Daily Herald An excerpt:

What Adam is fundamentally about, of course, is the difficulty in making any relationship last. “It’s made me reflect on how it’s a miracle that we ever connect with anybody in a proper, honest way,” says Dancy, “and even when we do, even when you’re in a relationship that has lasted, it’s an ongoing challenge. That’s what got me interested in this movie in the first place, and it’s something you don’t have to know anything about Asperger’s to understand.”

(New York Times photo)

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