Amazing true story. Pierre & Maries Curie were two young scientists in love with science who did not know at first what they had discovered could be both greatly beneficial as well as deadly. Radioactive elements. These were later harnessed and used to 'cure' cancer by blasting away malignant tumour cells. It led to other discoveries and use of X-rays and laser beams for medical purposes. But the deadly effects of radiation which can also cause cancer only became known to Pierre & Marie Curie after they had fallen ill themselves. Pierre fought for her work and her Nobel Prize as Marie Curie was a woman scientist ahead of her times but as a Polish Jew faced both sexist and racial prejudices. In her days, women were not even allowed to express their feelings. She loved Pierre most after his death in a tragic carriage accident when he fainted on a road on his way home.
However, this story would have greater emotional impact under stronger directing. Momentous events were not shown as momentous enough, there was not enough emotional build up before or elation afterwards. Or maybe it was the screenplay and editing. Various incidents which appear not connected were suddenly flashed up, as the story jumped from a hospital in Paris to a hospital in the States and then to the battlefield and later to Chernobyl. Or maybe it was the music. Music is what coveys the emotional drama. Like in Oppenheimer, which not surprisingly won the Oscar for music (as well as for directing by Christopher Nolan). There is no doubt, however, that Marie Curie deserved to win the Nobel Prize (twice) and her name remains legend till this day.
However, this story would have greater emotional impact under stronger directing. Momentous events were not shown as momentous enough, there was not enough emotional build up before or elation afterwards. Or maybe it was the screenplay and editing. Various incidents which appear not connected were suddenly flashed up, as the story jumped from a hospital in Paris to a hospital in the States and then to the battlefield and later to Chernobyl. Or maybe it was the music. Music is what coveys the emotional drama. Like in Oppenheimer, which not surprisingly won the Oscar for music (as well as for directing by Christopher Nolan). There is no doubt, however, that Marie Curie deserved to win the Nobel Prize (twice) and her name remains legend till this day.
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