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Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge (2016)
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Original name: Marie Curie
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland, Germany, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The most turbulent five years in the life of a genius woman: Between 1905, where Marie Curie comes with Pierre Curie to Stockholm to be awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the radioactivity, and 1911, where she receives her second Nobel Prize, after challenging France's male-dominated academic establishment both as a scientist and a woman.
Style:
light, touching, melancholic, sentimental, rough, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
female scientist, nobel prize, science, strong female character, female protagonist, european history, women, radioactivity, female nudity, woman, world war one, inventor, feminism, job, feminist, ambitious, empowerment, female empowerment, world history, biopic, strong female lead, male nudity, male objectification, topless woman, female objectification ...
Time:
90s, edwardian era, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, poland
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Duration: 121 min.
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