This is a biographical film about the Polish scientist Marie Curie, the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes in different specialties - Physics and Chemistry - and to be the first woman to hold the position of professor at the Sorbonne University in Paris.
It is based on Lauren Redniss' graphic novel Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout and was directed by Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian-born cartoonist, painter and cartoonist who won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for the 2007 film Persepolis.
The screenplay was written by Jack Thorne, who has a long career in the field and also wrote the multi-award winning screenplay for the film Wonder.
The film shows personal and professional aspects of the scientist, highlighting her strong temperament and perseverance in carrying out her experiments, as well as her sentimental relationship with Piere Curie, who supported her at times when she was aimless,
The scenes show the city of Paris in the early 1900s and the society of the time, as well as the path that led them both to the discovery of radium and polonium and their theory of radioactivity that is the beginning of the nuclear era, making short films about the use of that discovery in the future.
The role of Marie is played by Rosamund Pike, who was nominated for an Oscar in 2015 for best actress for her role in the movie "Gone Girl", while Piere is played by Sam Riley, who in 2017 starred in the British mini-series named SS-GB.
The movie was released in July 2020 getting positive reviews, although some think it falls short as the film's narrative is done in somewhat frugal terms.
The gross of the same was in the order of $4 million.
Personally I think it is a good choice to watch it in the end and it is inspiring.