Radioactive
- Year
- 2020
- Description
- Cast includes Aneurin Barnard, Simon Russell Beale, Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, and Anya Taylor-Joy.
Dramatized biography of Marie Curie (played by Rosamund Pike)—a double Nobel Prize winner who researched radiation and discovered the elements polonium and radium—and her intellectual and personal partnership with Pierre Curie (played by Sam Riley) with intercuts of how their work contributed to present-day medical practices, technologies, and the nuclear industry. - Director
- Satrapi, Marjane
- Writer
- Thorne, Jack
- Producer
- Bevan, Tim; Fellner, Eric; Webster, Paul
- Cinematographer
- Mantle, Anthony Dod
- Editor
- Roche, Stéphane
- Production Team
- Amazon Studios, Shoebox Films, StudioCanal, and Working Title Films
- Genre
- Feature Film
Drama - Content Notes
- Explicit sex
- Source
- Based on the book Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, a Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss
- Language
- English
- Media Format
- 1 DVD (105 min.) or 1 streaming video (105 min.)
- Type
- Color
- Additional Content
- The DVD includes deleted scenes and the featurettes "A Conversation with Marjane and Rosamund," "Impacts and Consequences," and "A Rebel in Her Element."
- Original Release Date
- 2019
- Updated
- 03-03-2026
Production Information
Watch the TrailerReviews
Los Angeles Times, July 23, 2020New York Times, July 23, 2020
RogerEbert.com, July 23, 2020
Rolling Stone, July 23, 2020