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Radioactive

The story of Nobel Prize winner Marie 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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Marjane Satrapi

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Biography, Drama, Romance

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N/A

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination total

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Pierre Curie Marie Curie Pierre Curie Pierre Curie

[Door opens] - Radioactive

So, shouldn't you assume some
sort of motherly disposition? - Radioactive

So, shouldn't you assume some sort of motherly disposit...

Oh, you are impossibly dramatic. - Radioactive

Oh, you are impossibly dramatic.

Please don't suppose anything
by me standing beside you. - Radioactive

Please don't suppose anything by me standing beside you...

It's the woman from the street
with the Duclaux. Hello. - Radioactive

It's the woman from the street with the Duclaux. Hello.

She's wonderful, isn't she?
The dancer. - Radioactive

She's wonderful, isn't she? The dancer.

Her name is Loie Fuller should
you wish to see her again. - Radioactive

Her name is Loie Fuller should you wish to see her again.

Do you make it your business
to know everybody's names? - Radioactive

Do you make it your business to know everybody's names?

You're right, you didn't
tell me your name, - Radioactive

You're right, you didn't tell me your name,

One: you're one
of only 23 female scientists - Radioactive

One: you're one of only 23 female scientists

And three: I read your paper - Radioactive

And three: I read your paper

And as you've been so kind, - Radioactive

And as you've been so kind,

Just to be clear,
I refuse to be grateful - Radioactive

Just to be clear, I refuse to be grateful

And also I feel
it's worth pointing out - Radioactive

And also I feel it's worth pointing out

I will not be told
how my experiments - Radioactive

I will not be told how my experiments

I will take an interest
in your work - Radioactive

I will take an interest in your work

Before you turn your back
on the only room - Radioactive

Before you turn your back on the only room

[Chatter] - Radioactive

Marcel, Andre,
Maurice and Paul, - Radioactive

Marcel, Andre, Maurice and Paul,

The Académie probably dislike me - Radioactive

The Académie probably dislike me

I've been passed over - Radioactive

I've been passed over

Why? Well, I'm not entirely
sure. Maybe I bore them, - Radioactive

Why? Well, I'm not entirely sure. Maybe I bore them,

Well, and I'm asking you
to share my renowned, - Radioactive

Well, and I'm asking you to share my renowned,

I measure uranium, - Radioactive

I measure uranium,

I've run the same test six
times. I get identical results. - Radioactive

I've run the same test six times. I get identical resul...

My instinct is that
there is another element - Radioactive

My instinct is that there is another element

- If you're laughing at me...
- No, I'm not laughing at you. - Radioactive

- If you're laughing at me... - No, I'm not laughi...

If we're to get
the figures you need, - Radioactive

If we're to get the figures you need,

You need something
that's capable of measuring - Radioactive

You need something that's capable of measuring

The length of our journey
doesn't agitate me, - Radioactive

The length of our journey doesn't agitate me,

[Marie's mother]
'Marya, are you frightened?' - Radioactive

[Marie's mother] 'Marya, are you frightened?'

If you kiss me again,
I promise I won't die. - Radioactive

If you kiss me again, I promise I won't die.

[Gasps] - Radioactive

That was the sound of the world
turning in a new direction. - Radioactive

That was the sound of the world turning in a new direction.

The Marya Sklodowska
direction. - Radioactive

The Marya Sklodowska direction.

[Marie's mother coughs] - Radioactive

[Marie's mother coughs]

[Door opens] - Radioactive

I've decided, my experiments
can cope perfectly well - Radioactive

I've decided, my experiments can cope perfectly well

When we were
working with crystals, - Radioactive

When we were working with crystals,

And nothing worked - Radioactive

And nothing worked

It's capable of measuring,
precisely, - Radioactive

It's capable of measuring, precisely,

Your science is brilliant,
but so is mine. - Radioactive

Your science is brilliant, but so is mine.

[Laughter] - Radioactive

You think I'm asking
stupid questions - Radioactive

You think I'm asking stupid questions

By failing to avoid
making her feel inadequate, - Radioactive

By failing to avoid making her feel inadequate,

...you take the ore...
and you dissolve into it... - Radioactive

...you take the ore... and you dissolve into it...

[Pierre] Well, we take
the pitchblende, - Radioactive

[Pierre] Well, we take the pitchblende,

We crush it,
which is extremely hard work. - Radioactive

We crush it, which is extremely hard work.

Then we boil it, which results
in the removal of substance. - Radioactive

Then we boil it, which results in the removal of substance.

We add acidic and
alkaline solutions to it... - Radioactive

We add acidic and alkaline solutions to it...

Becquerel discovered,
accidentally, - Radioactive

Becquerel discovered, accidentally,

And he thought
that the uranium - Radioactive

And he thought that the uranium

So, imagine a grape crushes
itself, ferments itself, - Radioactive

So, imagine a grape crushes itself, ferments itself,

And what if I told you that as
the grape turns itself into wine - Radioactive

And what if I told you that as the grape turns itself into w...

- I think so. Yes, I would.
- So, science is changing - Radioactive

- I think so. Yes, I would. - So, science is changing

- I enjoyed that analogy.
- It was a good analogy. - Radioactive

- I enjoyed that analogy. - It was a good analogy.

I see the way you look at me Pierre - Radioactive

I see the way you look at me Pierre

And sometimes - Radioactive

When my mother died,
I couldn't speak for a week. - Radioactive

When my mother died, I couldn't speak for a week.

It was that I simply
couldn't comprehend - Radioactive

It was that I simply couldn't comprehend

I have been selfish
my entire life, Pierre, - Radioactive

I have been selfish my entire life, Pierre,

You're not selfish,
you're just... self-absorbed, - Radioactive

You're not selfish, you're just... self-absorbed,

I will never be the woman
or the wife you want me to be. - Radioactive

I will never be the woman or the wife you want me to be.

I'm laughing because - Radioactive

I'm laughing because

[Laughs] - Radioactive

Well, as a matter
of scientific interest, - Radioactive

Well, as a matter of scientific interest,

...you are better than any woman
I could have hoped for... - Radioactive

...you are better than any woman I could have hoped for...

[Giggling] - Radioactive

Remind me whenever I forget
that we should leave Paris - Radioactive

Remind me whenever I forget that we should leave Paris

Remind me to retrain you - Radioactive

Remind me to retrain you

From what you've told me,
you barely started with women. - Radioactive

From what you've told me, you barely started with women...

I mean, I thought I just wanted
to concentrate on science. - Radioactive

I mean, I thought I just wanted to concentrate on science.

You do love these portentous
phrases, don't you? - Radioactive

You do love these portentous phrases, don't you?

You're blindfolding me
over the threshold - Radioactive

You're blindfolding me over the threshold

[Pierre] ...decided to
furnish us with new lodgings - Radioactive

[Pierre] ...decided to furnish us with new lodgings

- It's a lean-to.
- Wait till you see inside. - Radioactive

- It's a lean-to. - Wait till you see inside.

[Both laugh] - Radioactive

[Both laugh] - Radioactive

[Laughing continues] - Radioactive

[Laughing continues]

It's Marie Curie now,
but this is the right place. - Radioactive

It's Marie Curie now, but this is the right place.

[Grunts] - Radioactive

[Ticking] - Radioactive

[Coughing] - Radioactive

[Indistinct discussions] - Radioactive

[Indistinct discussions]

Isn't it the most beautiful
thing you've ever seen? - Radioactive

Isn't it the most beautiful thing you've ever seen...

Well, I guess everything
changes now, doesn't it? - Radioactive

Well, I guess everything changes now, doesn't it?

It's taken four years, - Radioactive

It's taken four years,

We are here to present to you
two new elements: - Radioactive

We are here to present to you two new elements:

Well, it turns out
some of them are not, - Radioactive

Well, it turns out some of them are not,

I have called this...
"radioactivity". - Radioactive

I have called this... "radioactivity".

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The story of Nobel Prize winner Marie 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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Marjane Satrapi

Writer: Jack Thorne, Lauren Redniss

Production: N/A

Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 56/100

ImdbRating: 6.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 24 Jul 2020

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination total

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