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Radioactive

Radioactive

Drama · Romance · History · 2020

The story of Nobel Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.

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Radioactive

“Pioneer. Genius. Rebel.”

2020 Drama · Romance · History 1h 51m

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6.6 / 10

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The story of Nobel Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.

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Directed by

Marjane Satrapi

Written by

Jack Thorne

Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Pike

Marie Curie

Sam Riley

Sam Riley

Pierre Curie

Aneurin Barnard

Aneurin Barnard

Paul Langevin

Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale

Professor Lippmann

Katherine Parkinson

Katherine Parkinson

Jeanne Langevin

Sian Brooke

Sian Brooke

Bronia Sklodowska

Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya Taylor-Joy

Irène Aged 18

Court is in session

Put Radioactive on trial.

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.