Film
Radioactive (12A)
Dir. Marjane Satrapi, UK, 2019, 110 mins. Cast. Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Simon Russell Beale, Anya Taylor-Joy.
Rosamund Pike plays the Polish scientist Marie Curie, who discovered the radioactive elements radium and polonium. Working with her husband Pierre Curie (Sam Riley), she became the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize (she would also become the only person to receive two). Throughout her life Marie showed a steely reserve in the face of xenophobia and institutional hostility, but her discoveries and legacy came at a price, not only for the woman but also for the world.
Rosamund Pike plays the Polish scientist Marie Curie, who discovered the radioactive elements radium and polonium. Working with her husband Pierre Curie (Sam Riley), she became the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize (she would also become the only person to receive two). Throughout her life Marie showed a steely reserve in the face of xenophobia and institutional hostility, but her discoveries and legacy came at a price, not only for the woman but also for the world.
