NAME OF FILM: MARIE CURIE THE COURAGE OF KNOWLEDGE
DIRECTOR(S): Marie Noëlle
STARRING: Karolina Gruszka
GENRE: Biography Film
SYNOPSIS: Polish actress Karolina Gruszka stars in this sweeping biography of the legendary scientist Marie Curie. Curie courted controversy with her challenging of France’s male-dominated academic establishment with her unconventional romantic life. A pioneer in the study of radioactivity, Curie spent her life setting precedents: she was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and the first person to win it twice. Director Marie Noëlle conjures her epic story in turn-of-the-century Europe in beautiful detail.
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