Project Detail

Radioactive

Synopsis

Based on Lauren Redniss’ award-winning graphic novel, this innovative biopic of two-time Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie tells the story of the scientific and romantic passions of Marie and her husband Pierre, and the reverberations of their groundbreaking discoveries throughout the 20th Century.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2019 - Gala Presentations - World premiere

Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Features
Running time: 103 min
Director: Marjane Satrapi
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
Co-Producer: Ildiko Kemeny, Caroline Levy, David Minkowski
Executive Producer: Shana Eddy-Grouf
Editor: Nick Moore, Stéphane Roche
Screenwriter: Jack Thorne
Director of Photography: Anthony Dod Mantle
Composer: Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
Principal cast: Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aneurin Barnard

Genre

Climate / Environment Woman Director Drama Science

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Working Title Films (UK), Shoebox Films (UK) production with support from Studiocanal (UK, FR), Amazon Studios (US)

Working Title

26 Aybrook Street
London
W1U 4AN

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Shoebox Films

48 Russell Square
London
WC1B 4JP

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Sales Company

STUDIOCANAL (World sales excluding US)

1, Place du Spectacle
92130 Issy les Moulineaux
France

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