Radioactive

~Pioneer. Genius. Rebel.

Overview

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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General Information

Release Date: 2020-03-11
Budget: $0
Revenue: $3507755
Runtime: 111 min

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