Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge ()
F-Rated
Fri 12 – Thu 18 Jan
Fri 12, 8.30pm
Sat 13, 2pm & 8pm
Tue 16, 8.30pm
Wed 17, 2.30pm
Thu 18, 8.30pm
Dir. Marie Noelle, Germany/Fr/Poland, 2016, 100 mins, subtitled. Cast. Karolina Gruszka, Charles Berling, Andre Wilms
A sweeping biography of the legendary, Nobel Prize–winning physicist and chemist, who courted controversy by challenging France’s male-dominated academic establishment. Physicist, chemist, and pioneer in the study of radioactivity, Marie Curie spent her life setting precedents. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and the first person to win it twice. The film brings to life Curie's inspiring story of discovery, heartbreak, and triumph. Director Marie Noëlle conjures turn-of-the-century Europe with camerawork whose restless precision is an analogue of the brilliant scientist's mind.