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00:01:15Pierre and Marie Curie,
00:01:17ascetic, proud and modest scientists,
00:01:20achieved fame thanks to the discovery of radium.
00:01:23They fell in love, shared the same values,
00:01:26and, above all, adored science.
00:01:28They received the Nobel Prize together.
00:01:31At the age of 47,
00:01:33Piotr died in a car accident.
00:01:36Since then, the star of Marie
00:01:38has been alone in the firmament of international science.
00:01:42For her new work, she receives the Nobel Prize for the second time.
00:01:46Meanwhile, however, her relationship with the physicist Paul Langevin
00:01:50becomes a subject of scandal.
00:01:53Langevin's wife finds Marie's letters
00:01:56and passes them to the editorial office of a certain journal.
00:01:59After their publication, the case becomes the subject of interest of the entire press.
00:02:03Sorbonne demands the release of the alien.
00:02:06Mrs. Curie flees from Sorbonne.
00:02:10She flees. She flees on a general request.
00:02:14Mr. Gustave Théry will now play the second Chopin Polonaise.
00:02:22Excuse me, the second Polonaise by Frédéric Langevin.
00:02:36The fatal student from Poland has arrived
00:02:39specifically to be at the opening of the Council.
00:02:43Sorbonne is full of blue birds.
00:02:45An invasion of delusions.
00:02:47I didn't know Théry was capable of such a thing.
00:02:49I challenge him to a duel.
00:02:51It's absurd.
00:02:52Maybe, but it's my fault.
00:02:54In this atmosphere of scandal, you won't find seconds.
00:02:56I didn't ask you for anything, and you're right.
00:02:58Paul Langevin won't leave me.
00:03:05Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
00:03:23He didn't take his revolver.
00:03:24What are you waiting for?
00:03:28I won't shoot.
00:03:31Then I won't either.
00:03:34I don't want to kill him.
00:03:38Langevin's brain is too valuable to be destroyed.
00:03:41Even if he works for the charming Ms. Curie.
00:03:49Coward.
00:04:04Your apartment is the apartment of the Director of Science, Ecole Normale.
00:04:09You don't have the right to accept anyone in it.
00:04:12I accept Ms. Curie with children, Mr. Minister.
00:04:15You accept the heroine of the scandal.
00:04:17And France doesn't need scholars?
00:04:20Scandals.
00:04:23Universities, too.
00:04:28If you persist, you'll be dismissed.
00:04:33Goodbye, sir.
00:04:45But, Mom, I know what to do.
00:04:54Okay, I'll call you.
00:04:56Don't worry.
00:04:58But no.
00:04:59Good morning, Marguerite.
00:05:01How is Maria?
00:05:02Not the best.
00:05:03Will you stay with her?
00:05:04No.
00:05:05Bronia has just arrived.
00:05:06She will take care of her.
00:05:08Let's go, then.
00:05:10Marguerite, we're leaving.
00:05:14But, Mom, it doesn't make sense.
00:05:16No, no and no.
00:05:18Someone's calling.
00:05:19It's probably him.
00:05:20Goodbye.
00:05:26Have you both gone mad?
00:05:28Marguerite, the scandal is huge.
00:05:30The Council of Ministers is meeting today.
00:05:32Why the hell are you meddling in this smelly affair?
00:05:36Because you're not meddling in it.
00:05:39I'm the dean of the department, and Sorbonne is boiling.
00:05:42She has to leave.
00:05:44Do you hear?
00:05:46Where to?
00:05:48To her, to Poland.
00:05:50They'll give her all the cathedrals she wants.
00:05:52She will never agree to teach at a Russian university.
00:05:55There are also Polish universities.
00:05:57In Moscow, in Lodz.
00:05:59What about Paul?
00:06:01Where does the Collège de France want to send him?
00:06:03He's a man, Marguerite.
00:06:05It's not the same.
00:06:06And you're telling me such things, Dad?
00:06:10What am I supposed to do?
00:06:12I want you to face the minister.
00:06:15I thought you liked Marie Curie.
00:06:17It has nothing to do with it.
00:06:19Neither Sorbonne nor my family home are places for lost women.
00:06:23Listen to me carefully, Dad.
00:06:25If you don't let Marie Curie be expelled from France,
00:06:28you'll never see me again.
00:06:30Do you hear? Never again.
00:06:33What's going on here?
00:06:35Your wife has gone mad, and so have you.
00:06:40My wife feels very well.
00:06:42So do I.
00:06:49We'll leave as soon as you come to your senses, Ptashino.
00:06:52I'll take you home, to Poland.
00:06:55In Krakow, they'll greet you like a queen.
00:06:59Because you are a queen, Mario.
00:07:03Come in.
00:07:06Flowers, flowers and flowers again.
00:07:09Debierne brought it.
00:07:23The official award ceremony will take place on the 10th in Stockholm.
00:07:29Telegraph that I'm coming.
00:07:32With a 40-degree fever?
00:07:34I'll go.
00:07:37I'll go with Irene.
00:07:40Do you understand?
00:07:42They may take my woman's honour, but they won't take mine.
00:07:47Fifteen years ago, Henri Becquerel discovered uranium radiation.
00:07:54And two years later, I started studying this phenomenon,
00:07:58extending it to other substances.
00:08:03First alone, then with Piotr Curie.
00:08:08I called all the elements emitting such radiation radioactive.
00:08:12The history of the discovery and detachment of uranium
00:08:15provided evidence for my hypothesis,
00:08:18according to which radioactivity is a feature of some atomic ions.
00:08:27The chemical works aimed at detachment of uranium in the form of pure salts
00:08:33and iron oxides,
00:08:35chemical works aimed at detachment of uranium in the form of pure salts
00:08:41and identifying it as an element, I did mainly.
00:08:46But they are part of a joint work.
00:08:59I think, therefore, that I express the intentions of your academy.
00:09:04Stating that the high distinction I was honoured with
00:09:10was recognized in our joint work
00:09:14and is, thus, a tribute to the memory of Piotr Curie.
00:09:34Marie Desjardins escapes to England,
00:09:37where she is sheltered in her friend's house,
00:09:40hiding under her maiden name.
00:09:49December 1911.
00:09:52Expenses related to the Langevin affair.
00:09:56318 francs.
00:10:04How is Marie?
00:10:06She is very weak.
00:10:08Where will she go for a rest?
00:10:10To a friend abroad.
00:10:11To Poland?
00:10:12No.
00:10:13Where?
00:10:14You don't want to tell me?
00:10:15No, neither to you, nor to anyone else.
00:10:17Difficult.
00:10:18Goodbye, Orient.
00:10:19Thank you.
00:10:24What is his situation?
00:10:26A sentence was issued declaring a separation.
00:10:29Fortunately, Marie's name was not mentioned,
00:10:32thanks to the lawyer's skill.
00:10:34God bless her.
00:10:35She managed to keep her face.
00:10:37Maybe I will finally be able to work a little.
00:10:47Mrs. Skłodowska!
00:10:53Tea is served.
00:10:59Good news?
00:11:01Yes.
00:11:03The children will come next week.
00:11:06And Bronia found me an apartment above the Seine.
00:11:09That's good.
00:11:14I would like to ask you for something, Marie.
00:11:17I would like you to sign a petition
00:11:20in defense of our suffragists,
00:11:22as you call it in France.
00:11:24I would like to ask you to sign a petition
00:11:27in defense of our suffragists,
00:11:29as you call it in France.
00:11:31And what did these suffragists do?
00:11:34They have been in prison for six months.
00:11:37They have started a hunger strike.
00:11:40I have no confidence in this militant movement.
00:11:43The situation of women will improve education,
00:11:46not the right to vote.
00:11:48But you agree that they deserve this right?
00:11:51Of course.
00:11:53So?
00:11:54Will you sign it?
00:11:57Of course, Hertho.
00:11:59I will sign it because I trust you.
00:12:02But my name today
00:12:05means a lot here.
00:12:08Just like everywhere else.
00:12:10You don't have to be ashamed of it.
00:12:12Please stop hiding,
00:12:14otherwise you will never get well.
00:12:16Or maybe I don't want to get well.
00:12:18You have no right to say that.
00:12:21I'm afraid of going back to Paris.
00:12:24I'm afraid of repeating lectures in Sorbonne.
00:12:28I'm afraid of the people I will meet on the street.
00:12:33You are right.
00:12:35Just a few more weeks.
00:12:38I will face them.
00:12:40Maria was hiding in England for three more months.
00:12:43When the scandal was over,
00:12:45she returned to her lectures and her laboratory.
00:12:52Doctor Roux and Rector Liard would like to see you.
00:12:56Yes, I heard. Thank you.
00:13:05Good day, sir.
00:13:07Please sit down, Mrs. Roux.
00:13:09Please sit down.
00:13:15We bring you good news.
00:13:17Really?
00:13:18I was waiting impatiently.
00:13:20You did it.
00:13:21The agreement between the Pasteur Institute and the University has been confirmed.
00:13:26With the help of joint funds, we are creating the Council Institute.
00:13:30I dare not have any hope.
00:13:32Wise decisions are made so rarely.
00:13:34The Pasteur Institute has long wanted to cooperate with you.
00:13:37And the University did not want to lose you.
00:13:39And where will we build this institute?
00:13:41Do you already have the land?
00:13:43Yes, in the fifth district.
00:13:47And the architects?
00:13:49You will choose them yourself.
00:13:55I think the laboratory can be placed here.
00:14:02Would you like to take a look at this window?
00:14:04There is a place for a garden in front of this facade.
00:14:07I will draw you a plan of the garden and write down the types of flowers.
00:14:10I want to have a lot of flowers.
00:14:13Finally, I quote Ludwig Pasteur.
00:14:16If you are moved by the achievements of science and useful humanity,
00:14:19if you are amazed by the electric telegraph,
00:14:22daguerreotype, anesthesia and so many other wonderful discoveries,
00:14:28if you look with admiration at the benefits that your country will bring from the dissemination of these miracles,
00:14:33I urge you to invest in this temple,
00:14:36called, as it were, laboratories.
00:14:41The Germans declared war on France.
00:14:47I'm afraid it may take a long time.
00:14:49Oh my God, Auguste, I forgot to turn on the gas.
00:14:51Don't worry, if the Germans get to Paris, they will definitely turn it on.
00:14:56They will definitely come in, they are not far away.
00:14:58I read about it in the newspaper.
00:15:00Mom, why are we going to Bordeaux?
00:15:02Because the Germans will come to Paris and they will kill everyone.
00:15:05Please do not tell such things to children.
00:15:09You are also going by this train, and for what?
00:15:11To breathe the country air.
00:15:13There is a whole ministry and various important personalities in this train.
00:15:16Where will they put them?
00:15:18Please do not worry about them.
00:15:20Everything always works out for such people.
00:15:35The Red Cross office is located in room 17.
00:15:37I repeat, room 17, the Red Cross office.
00:15:44Mr. Curie, right?
00:15:46Leon Vallée from the Ministry of Finance.
00:15:48I'm sorry I'm late, but I couldn't find a service car.
00:15:52I need a taxi, a bed and a bank.
00:15:54Finding a taxi is also impossible.
00:15:56As for the bed, I have a friend in Bordeaux.
00:15:58They will host you, but you will have to go there on foot.
00:16:02I'm sorry, I'm late.
00:16:04I need a taxi, a bed and a bank.
00:16:06Finding a taxi is also impossible.
00:16:08As for the bed, I have a friend in Bordeaux.
00:16:10They will host you, but you will have to go there on foot.
00:16:12A bank only tomorrow.
00:16:14All right, let's go.
00:16:16Can you carry this?
00:16:17Yes.
00:16:19What do you have there?
00:16:21One gram of radium, 30 kilograms of lead.
00:16:23I want to put it in the safe.
00:16:25Be careful, you're carrying a million francs.
00:16:34No one here is going to escape from Paris?
00:16:39We will try to use the Ministry of Defense.
00:16:44I have agreed to be the leader.
00:16:47But you are an alzatczyk.
00:16:49If the Germans enter Paris, you will be shot.
00:16:52The Germans will not enter Paris.
00:16:54Gallieni will stop them.
00:16:56Did everyone understand what to do
00:16:58for our first meeting on Thursday?
00:17:03That's good.
00:17:06First of all, keep calm, my friends.
00:17:08Thank you all.
00:17:10Appel is a great optimist, but I hope he's right.
00:17:13Me too.
00:17:16Will you join the self-defense action?
00:17:18No, we have to act here.
00:17:20The war will last a long time,
00:17:22and modern weapons will cause terrible wounds.
00:17:24We don't need committees.
00:17:29Marguerite, it seems that Emil has a car.
00:17:32Yes, why do you ask?
00:17:34Because I'm taking it.
00:17:36She took the vehicles with all her friends
00:17:38and created a car column.
00:17:41Each car was equipped with a Rennet generator
00:17:43and two operators.
00:17:45Thanks to these cars,
00:17:47the wounded were lit up almost immediately.
00:17:50Maria saw with her own eyes
00:17:52that modern weapons really cause terrible wounds.
00:17:55Come in.
00:18:03Please come in and don't be afraid.
00:18:08Careful.
00:18:10Please turn around.
00:18:12Do you know what a radioscope is?
00:18:14No.
00:18:16It's to see what your wound looks like inside.
00:18:19Does it hurt?
00:18:21Not at all.
00:18:23Thank you, doctor.
00:18:25I'm very pleased to meet you.
00:18:27Do you know what a radioscope is?
00:18:29No.
00:18:31Please close the curtain.
00:18:33Tell the driver to start the generator.
00:18:35Right now.
00:18:37You can start it.
00:18:39You two, come here.
00:18:42Do you see?
00:18:44Wonderful.
00:18:46No doubt.
00:18:48Here you can see the place where the missile exploded.
00:18:51Do you want to see it again just before the operation?
00:18:54Now we'll do a radiation test and we'll give you a picture.
00:18:57How are you feeling, little one?
00:18:59I'm fine, ma'am.
00:19:09A million car crews in Panicurie
00:19:11are doing a million tests.
00:19:13Meanwhile, radon needles are produced in the laboratory
00:19:15that speed up the healing of wounds.
00:19:21What's wrong with you?
00:19:23She's fainted.
00:19:25She felt bad.
00:19:27I'm going again.
00:19:31Please return to your seat.
00:19:35How are you feeling?
00:19:37It's because of the radioscope.
00:19:39I'm sure of it.
00:19:41It's because of the radioscope.
00:19:43Please go home.
00:19:45Help her.
00:19:48Stupid girl.
00:19:50What a bad luck. We're already late.
00:19:52Radon is asking for us everywhere.
00:19:54I'll take her place.
00:20:04A group of friends, Perrin, Langevin, Borel, De Bierne
00:20:07was divided by war
00:20:09until the day when a brighter minister realized
00:20:12that they would be more useful in their laboratories than in trenches.
00:20:15Langevin was called to Paris
00:20:17where he started a study on the vital importance of the Allies.
00:20:20It's about detecting German submarines
00:20:22using ultrasound.
00:20:24Rodefort is working on it.
00:20:31Mario, please see who I brought you.
00:20:33You're all in Paris.
00:20:35Good morning, Mario.
00:20:37Paul Ernst. What a luck.
00:20:39I couldn't look at you while you were in Paris.
00:20:41Please put on your hat.
00:20:43We're taking you to dinner.
00:20:45I feel like a real French gourmet.
00:20:47How are you doing with the ultrasound?
00:20:49I think I already know what you're talking about.
00:20:51I had an inspiration of genius
00:20:53by using quartz crystal.
00:20:55How? Tell me.
00:20:57It's not that simple.
00:21:01I put a quartz slab in vibration
00:21:03between two steel slabs
00:21:05and it works.
00:21:09We're doing tests at sea.
00:21:11We've detected a submerged German submarine
00:21:13two kilometers away.
00:21:15Enough of these talks about work.
00:21:17Mario, please tell me
00:21:19which play I should take you to tonight.
00:21:21I advise you to watch
00:21:23the latest play by Guitri.
00:21:25It's absolutely charming.
00:21:27Do you really want to go to the Ernst Theatre?
00:21:29Really.
00:21:31And I want you to put on one of those funny dresses.
00:21:33I don't think you're serious.
00:21:35On the contrary.
00:21:37I'm serious.
00:21:39War doesn't have to be sad.
00:21:41It's just disgusting
00:21:43and we're going to win it.
00:21:45To victory!
00:21:47To victory!
00:22:07Ladies and gentlemen,
00:22:09I have the honor,
00:22:11I have the pleasure,
00:22:13Wilhelm II
00:22:15has taken the stage.
00:22:45Institut Curie, 1920.
00:22:47You have to go to the clinic.
00:22:49We'll take you there.
00:22:51Thank you.
00:22:53I have to see Mrs. Curie.
00:22:55It's urgent.
00:22:57Mrs. Curie only takes Tuesdays and Fridays,
00:22:59only in scientific matters.
00:23:01But I want to offer her an interest.
00:23:03Really?
00:23:05So please write to her.
00:23:07Please have a look.
00:23:09It's the best fake in the world.
00:23:11I named it
00:23:13Mrs. Curie's fake.
00:23:15Mrs. Curie will take a percentage
00:23:17of every sold fake.
00:23:19Mrs. Curie doesn't agree
00:23:21to use her name for commercial purposes.
00:23:23Who does she think she is?
00:23:27Can I book a visit from you?
00:23:29Please write to me on Tuesday,
00:23:31that suits me.
00:23:33I don't have any days off until September,
00:23:35ma'am.
00:23:37My name is Melanie.
00:23:39Mr. Rocher wrote to Mrs. Curie
00:23:41about me.
00:23:43Yes, I saw Mr. Rocher's letter.
00:23:45Mrs. Curie will accept you for sure,
00:23:47but she's not here now.
00:23:49She's not here?
00:23:51Where is she?
00:23:53I'm sorry, but I can't tell you.
00:24:01After a long break caused by the war,
00:24:03Maria returned to her lab,
00:24:05but without staff,
00:24:07without materials,
00:24:09she has only one gram of radium.
00:24:11It's not enough
00:24:13to continue studying
00:24:15radioactivity.
00:24:17What to do?
00:24:19The third stage of Maria Curie's life begins.
00:24:25I can't go on any longer.
00:24:39I swam faster today than Mr. Borrell.
00:24:41That's good.
00:24:43Where are the children?
00:24:45There.
00:24:47Should I call them?
00:24:49No, please leave them.
00:24:51They'll come when they're hungry.
00:24:53Mom, we're going to Cypel.
00:24:55See you later.
00:25:09Good morning, ma'am.
00:25:11Good morning.
00:25:13How was your exam?
00:25:15I passed.
00:25:17That's good.
00:25:19And I got 14 points in physics.
00:25:21See?
00:25:23All you have to do is want it.
00:25:25Goodbye.
00:25:39What's for lunch?
00:25:41Breton fish soup.
00:25:43With lobster?
00:25:45Of course.
00:25:47It's a real feast.
00:25:49No.
00:25:51Play like this.
00:25:53No, Mario.
00:25:55Let Henriette play alone.
00:25:57But she's fooling around.
00:25:59It's hard to make her do it.
00:26:01I'm in charge here, not you.
00:26:03I'm sorry.
00:26:05I'm impatient.
00:26:07But no.
00:26:09I'm going.
00:26:11I'm offended.
00:26:13Goodbye.
00:26:25I'm looking for Mrs. Curie.
00:26:29I don't know her.
00:26:31I think I've found her.
00:26:33My name is Mary Maloney.
00:26:35I'm the editor-in-chief
00:26:37of the Telenator.
00:26:39May I come in?
00:26:41No.
00:26:43Then I'll speak from here.
00:26:45I never answer personal questions.
00:26:47I take technical matters on Tuesdays and Fridays.
00:26:49It's Friday.
00:26:53How did you find me?
00:26:55Thanks to Mr. Rocher.
00:26:59Julie Jim, you know?
00:27:01He wrote it.
00:27:03He gave me his address
00:27:05so I could write to you.
00:27:09And you came.
00:27:15You do speak English, don't you?
00:27:17Yes, I do.
00:27:23I'm impressed by you, Mrs. Curie.
00:27:27American women admire you.
00:27:29They're very interested
00:27:31in your great work.
00:27:33May I ask you...
00:27:35What?
00:27:39Well, Mrs. Curie...
00:27:41Madam Curie,
00:27:43you're the most famous woman in the world.
00:27:45Is there anything else you want?
00:27:49A gram of radium.
00:27:51A gram?
00:27:53You mean a kilogram.
00:27:55Radium doesn't weigh in kilograms,
00:27:57Mrs. Maloney.
00:27:59Do you know how much radium there is in America?
00:28:0150 grams.
00:28:034 in Baltimore?
00:28:056 in Denver,
00:28:077 in New York.
00:28:09And in France?
00:28:11In my laboratory,
00:28:13there's not much more than 1 gram.
00:28:15And you?
00:28:17Me? I have nothing.
00:28:19I gave it to my laboratory.
00:28:21I don't understand.
00:28:23Radium was patented.
00:28:25Even with low patents,
00:28:27you're still rich, Mrs. Curie.
00:28:29I have no patents.
00:28:31Radium can't make anyone rich.
00:28:33It's a priority.
00:28:35It belongs to everyone.
00:28:37And no one wants to give you money for 1 gram of radium.
00:28:391 gram of radium costs
00:28:41$100,000, Mrs. Maloney.
00:28:45But he made a stupid face
00:28:47when I told him I didn't want to ride a horse anymore.
00:28:49But then I said it was a joke.
00:28:53Good day, madam.
00:28:55Mom, it's us.
00:29:01Who is this, mom?
00:29:03Who was that?
00:29:05A very strange person.
00:29:25May, someone's calling.
00:29:27Good day.
00:29:29Missy.
00:29:31Did you say Missy?
00:29:33Please come in.
00:29:41Please sit down.
00:29:45Here, I made it.
00:29:47You have dollars.
00:29:49From whom?
00:29:51From American women.
00:29:53Who do they give them to?
00:29:55How?
00:29:57Through subscriptions.
00:29:59Sales of the Marie Curie Radium Fund.
00:30:01You don't believe me.
00:30:03Why should I believe you,
00:30:05Mrs. Maloney?
00:30:07Because I did it.
00:30:09Everything's ready.
00:30:11Now you just have to organize your trip.
00:30:13What trip?
00:30:15American women give money,
00:30:17but they want to see.
00:30:19They want to see you,
00:30:21a grain.
00:30:23One grain equals one-fifteenth gram,
00:30:25Mrs. Maloney.
00:30:27It's not worth going.
00:30:29Not a grain, but a gram.
00:30:31100,000 dollars, Mrs. Curie,
00:30:33as you said.
00:30:37You will make a triumph.
00:30:39You will publish your autobiography.
00:30:41We'll write it together, okay?
00:30:43And you will get another gram.
00:30:45A gram?
00:30:47No, this time only a grain.
00:30:49Four publishers will propose
00:30:51to publish you.
00:30:53Macmillan,
00:30:55Houghton & Mifflin,
00:30:57Dutton and Scribner.
00:30:59I know.
00:31:01They wrote to me.
00:31:03Please listen.
00:31:05It's very important.
00:31:07You can't give less than 1,000 dollars.
00:31:091,000 dollars for the bill
00:31:11and 20 percent tantium.
00:31:13That's what Theodore Roosevelt got,
00:31:15you know.
00:31:171,000 dollars is not much.
00:31:19The Colony Club is a good place
00:31:21for you,
00:31:23but my newspaper will pay for the trip.
00:31:25Why?
00:31:27Because you will give me the right
00:31:29only for the first article about your arrival.
00:31:31Agreed?
00:31:35You trust me, don't you?
00:31:37Of course I trust you,
00:31:39but...
00:31:41Please tell me,
00:31:43do you have any conditions
00:31:45and I will tell you
00:31:47if they can be fulfilled or not.
00:31:49Mrs. Melanie,
00:31:51I was once involved in an unpleasant affair.
00:31:53What kind?
00:31:57A woman
00:31:59accused me of taking her husband.
00:32:01When was it?
00:32:03Before the war.
00:32:05But at that time,
00:32:07if during this trip
00:32:09something is brought up
00:32:11about that affair,
00:32:13it's impossible.
00:32:15It would be a disaster.
00:32:17The American women would not like it here.
00:32:25When was it exactly?
00:32:27November 1911.
00:32:31The Hearst Company
00:32:33may be dangerous.
00:32:35If I can handle it.
00:32:37I know Brisbane very well.
00:32:39If I can't,
00:32:41you can't go.
00:32:43Anyway, I will send you a message
00:32:45and I will write what I know.
00:32:47Any other conditions?
00:32:49Yes.
00:32:51The gift should be given to me,
00:32:53not to the University of Paris.
00:32:55Okay.
00:32:57Maybe someday, in my free time,
00:32:59I will help the University of Paris.
00:33:01For now, let's take care of you.
00:33:05Okay.
00:33:25Okay, Miss Curie is very happy
00:33:27to see you.
00:33:35Thank you.
00:34:05Thank you, Miss Curie.
00:34:35The car is waiting.
00:34:37I'm ready,
00:34:39but I can't turn off the light.
00:34:41I don't want to leave it on.
00:34:43Please look.
00:34:45It turns off when you close the closet.
00:34:49Do you think so?
00:34:51But I don't see the switch.
00:34:55Don't stand by the lamp.
00:34:57You will see.
00:35:05It's true.
00:35:07Okay.
00:35:13You have found a scientific method.
00:35:17There will be a lot of people.
00:35:19But I won't have to say anything.
00:35:21Just a few words to finish.
00:35:23No.
00:35:25You have to.
00:35:27They are very nice.
00:35:29They like you.
00:35:3515th May
00:35:37Yale University
00:35:39Doctorate Honoris Causa
00:35:41Lecture
00:35:4316th May
00:35:45Pasay College and Bryn Mawr College
00:35:4917th May
00:35:51Northwest Union University
00:35:53Doctorate Honoris Causa
00:35:5518th May
00:35:57Smith College
00:35:59Doctorate Honoris Causa
00:36:01Lecture
00:36:0319th May
00:36:05New York University Association
00:36:07Women, French and Polish embassies
00:36:09Mr. Paderewski will be present.
00:36:11Mr. Paderewski will be present.
00:36:37My congratulations, Ignacy Mario.
00:36:41Ignacy.
00:36:43You are a genius.
00:36:45You too.
00:36:47Tell me.
00:36:49What?
00:36:51Did you like being a prime minister?
00:36:53It's a new experience.
00:36:55I don't regret it.
00:36:57But politics is not my profession.
00:36:59Did you like receiving the Nobel Prize?
00:37:01I will never forget that day in Paris
00:37:03when we were all arrested.
00:37:05Do you remember?
00:37:07How?
00:37:11We will not leave our country.
00:37:13We will not let our language be tarnished.
00:37:15We are a Polish nation.
00:37:17We are a Polish people.
00:37:19We are a royal family.
00:37:21We will not let the enemy
00:37:23oppress us.
00:37:25God help us.
00:37:31Long live Poland!
00:37:41What's going on here?
00:37:43Are we disturbing the mood?
00:37:45Don't you know that such meetings are forbidden?
00:37:47Gather everyone here.
00:37:49Go ahead, sir.
00:37:51Quickly.
00:37:53Sir, we haven't done anything wrong.
00:37:55Our meetings are not forbidden, sir.
00:37:57I think you're mistaken.
00:37:59You'll see how mistaken I am.
00:38:01Go ahead.
00:38:03Quickly.
00:38:07Come with me.
00:38:09Kazimierz was right.
00:38:11The gathering of emigrants
00:38:13was not forbidden.
00:38:15No, but they were looking for terrorists everywhere.
00:38:17Do you sometimes meet with a weapon?
00:38:19Of course.
00:38:21Together with Kazimierz
00:38:23they run a sanatorium in Zakopane.
00:38:25They are happy.
00:38:27And you, Mario?
00:38:29Are you happy?
00:38:31I don't know what that means.
00:38:33I am happy that Poland is free.
00:38:35In recent years,
00:38:37Poland has become a great joy.
00:38:39Free after such a long captivity.
00:38:41But here people don't understand it.
00:38:43They understand it with their mind,
00:38:45but not with their body.
00:38:47Americans need to get used to.
00:38:49Why?
00:38:51They should get used to us.
00:38:53I am pleased to say
00:38:55that nothing has changed.
00:39:07Mr. President,
00:39:09I am very touched by your words.
00:39:11I want to thank you
00:39:13and all who contributed
00:39:15to this wonderful gift
00:39:17I received from you today.
00:39:19Thank you.
00:39:37I heard so much about you
00:39:39and about your achievements.
00:39:41I would like to express my admiration.
00:39:43Thank you.
00:39:59We have an additional $52,000
00:40:01deposited in Equitable Trust Company.
00:40:03The subscription is not yet complete.
00:40:05A strange occasion.
00:40:07I am trying to be a strange occasion.
00:40:09If you accept the known proposal,
00:40:11you will have to collect $50,000
00:40:13to equip your laboratory.
00:40:15I will show you.
00:40:21You will also take $22,000
00:40:23in mesotor and other minerals,
00:40:25$6,800 and 51 cents
00:40:27collected by the charity,
00:40:29and if you accept
00:40:31the $50,000
00:40:33and if you accept
00:40:35the known proposal,
00:40:37I have to go back to New York.
00:40:39To Paris.
00:40:41But we haven't been to the West yet.
00:40:43I won't go to the West. I can't.
00:40:45I'm losing my sight.
00:40:47Oh my God.
00:40:49Is it through the Council?
00:40:51It's possible.
00:40:53Maria Curie,
00:40:55a victim of her Council.
00:40:57It was very hard for me in America.
00:40:59And now this operation.
00:41:01But I learned something valuable there.
00:41:03I learned how important
00:41:05public speeches are.
00:41:07What?
00:41:09Students can no longer
00:41:11lock themselves up in their laboratories.
00:41:13They have to show themselves, speak,
00:41:15cultivate their own propaganda,
00:41:17make money where they are.
00:41:19That's not what their profession is about.
00:41:21That's modern life.
00:41:23Who's there?
00:41:25It's me, Mario. Can I come in?
00:41:27Of course.
00:41:29Good morning, Baroness.
00:41:31I'm not fit for anything right now,
00:41:33my dear Jean.
00:41:35Please don't tell anyone about this.
00:41:37What is it about?
00:41:39Baron Rothschild wants to observe
00:41:41Brown's movements through a microscope.
00:41:43Just like that?
00:41:45I've arranged a small session for him.
00:41:47It will take place on the 25th in the laboratory.
00:41:49I'd like you to come, too.
00:41:51Your presence will make a big impression on the Baron.
00:41:53I should be on my feet by the 25th.
00:41:55I'll come.
00:41:57Thank you.
00:42:03In France, there are definitely
00:42:05no decent rooms.
00:42:07You will now observe
00:42:09the existence of Brown's movements,
00:42:11that is, the chaotic movement of particles.
00:42:13This movement is transferred
00:42:15to the particles of dust
00:42:17that you see.
00:42:21Interesting. Very interesting.
00:42:27The lecture in Prague in January?
00:42:29I'll announce it.
00:42:31The Solvay Congress?
00:42:33I'll go.
00:42:43Yes, Madame Curie,
00:42:45can I come and see Wilson's camera?
00:42:47I think the result is interesting.
00:42:49In a moment.
00:42:51Yes, Madame.
00:42:53What's next?
00:42:55What's next?
00:42:57The President of the Eldorado Gold Mines
00:42:59announces the shipment
00:43:01of 500 kilograms of uranium ore.
00:43:03For free. I add that this is an honor for him.
00:43:05He's right.
00:43:07Did you inform Chicago
00:43:09that they had sent the wrong radioactive element?
00:43:11Yes. The Association of Nations.
00:43:13Will you agree to become the Vice-President
00:43:15of the Association of Intellectual Cooperation?
00:43:17Yes.
00:43:19And Mrs. Henri Ford's wife
00:43:21wants to offer you a car.
00:43:23I accept it perfectly.
00:43:25Copenhagen remains.
00:43:27Four invitations for dinner.
00:43:29I'll only go to Niels Bohr.
00:43:31That's all.
00:43:33Thank you.
00:43:35It's the young man from Mr. Langevin.
00:43:37Mr. Frédéric Joliot.
00:43:39Should I bring him in?
00:43:41Yes.
00:43:45He's late.
00:43:53Thank you.
00:43:59Hello, Madame.
00:44:01Did Professor Langevin
00:44:03tell you about me?
00:44:05Yes.
00:44:07I'm a grantee
00:44:09of the Rothschild Foundation
00:44:11and I'd be happy
00:44:13to work under you.
00:44:15You start tomorrow.
00:44:17Tomorrow?
00:44:19But I still have to serve
00:44:21an important meeting.
00:44:25Tomorrow?
00:44:27Yes, Madame.
00:44:29But please come on time.
00:44:43Everything's ready, Madame.
00:44:45Will you also accept
00:44:47journalists interviewing
00:44:49No, today
00:44:51Irene is the only journalist.
00:44:55Madame Cotel,
00:44:57what was your score?
00:44:59Are you sure
00:45:01yesterday's calculation was correct?
00:45:03I did it again yesterday evening
00:45:05and I got something else.
00:45:07Please be careful.
00:45:15Your daughter was excellent.
00:45:17I was sure of it.
00:45:19Thank you.
00:45:21Madame, I'll go
00:45:23congratulate Irene.
00:45:25She was brilliant.
00:45:27It's nice of you.
00:45:29It's natural.
00:45:31Please look, Mario.
00:45:33It's Irene's work.
00:45:35We told her to correct it.
00:45:37Madame Curie,
00:45:39her daughter and student.
00:45:41She defended your work.
00:45:43So you're the third
00:45:45and I'm honoured.
00:45:47But you've chosen a difficult career
00:45:49for a woman.
00:45:51Why for a woman?
00:45:53Men and women are equally talented.
00:45:55But there are family duties.
00:45:57How to fulfil them?
00:45:59You just have to take more duties on your shoulders.
00:46:01And what interests you
00:46:03other than science?
00:46:05Nothing.
00:46:07But you do sports,
00:46:09you ride a horse, you ski.
00:46:11That's nothing.
00:46:13Have you ever had a fever?
00:46:15Aren't you afraid of danger?
00:46:17It's not more dangerous
00:46:19than working in a factory.
00:46:21Do you have any more questions?
00:46:23No.
00:46:29I prefer my mother.
00:46:31She's a vital spirit of nature.
00:46:33My congratulations, Irene.
00:46:37To you.
00:46:39Good luck, daughter.
00:46:43Thank you.
00:46:55I've bought everything.
00:46:59How do you feel, mother?
00:47:01I'm a little cold.
00:47:03What's wrong?
00:47:11What's wrong with you, mother?
00:47:15It's nothing.
00:47:17It's just pain.
00:47:19I'll try to get a place
00:47:21in a sleeping car.
00:47:23I have to go back to Paris.
00:47:25And tomorrow the doctor will examine you.
00:47:33Have you ever worked?
00:47:35Yes.
00:47:37What subjects did you study?
00:47:43What languages do you speak?
00:47:45Polish, French, Russian,
00:47:47German.
00:47:49English, too,
00:47:51but a little worse.
00:47:53Good.
00:47:55What do you do for a living?
00:47:57I'm a teacher.
00:47:59I teach children.
00:48:01Good.
00:48:03We'll hear from you.
00:48:07Mademoiselle Maria!
00:48:09Oh!
00:48:11If you don't stop screaming,
00:48:13I'll never make it.
00:48:21Madame, you called me?
00:48:23Where were you?
00:48:25You're never here
00:48:27when I need you.
00:48:29I forgot what I wanted to ask you.
00:48:31Louder!
00:48:33Oh, yes.
00:48:35Do you speak Spanish?
00:48:37Spanish?
00:48:39No.
00:48:41It's not true.
00:48:43I was told you speak all languages.
00:48:45I don't.
00:48:47What are we going to do now?
00:48:49My husband has invited
00:48:51a serious client from Brazil.
00:48:53Brazilians don't speak Spanish.
00:48:55You're talking nonsense
00:48:57You're making me nervous.
00:48:59You're unbearable.
00:49:01Really?
00:49:03You, too.
00:49:05Oh, shameless!
00:49:07I understand,
00:49:09but when you need a job,
00:49:11you can't be so unkempt.
00:49:13I'm not unkempt at all.
00:49:21Ah, it's you.
00:49:23I was recalling
00:49:25an insignificant scene from my youth.
00:49:27Memory is a funny thing.
00:49:29Good morning, mother.
00:49:31Good morning, darling.
00:49:33How are you feeling today?
00:49:35Better.
00:49:37And you look better, you know.
00:49:39I slept well.
00:49:43This excessive yellow stone
00:49:45has finally agreed to dissolve.
00:49:49Besides, I feel better in my office.
00:49:55I don't know if Rogalik would be suitable for you.
00:49:57We'll ask the doctor later.
00:50:03Anyway, I don't want to be operated on.
00:50:05Do you hear me, Irene?
00:50:07Yes, mother.
00:50:09I don't want to.
00:50:11I'm afraid of surgery.
00:50:13Are you afraid of something?
00:50:15Yes, I'm afraid of death.
00:50:17I'm with her.
00:50:19I don't want to die.
00:50:21I don't want to die.
00:50:23I'm ruined.
00:50:25My health is ruined.
00:50:27I fulfilled my task on this earth.
00:50:29I gave you the funeral.
00:50:31My affairs are in order.
00:50:33I should die in peace,
00:50:35but I can't.
00:50:37Something is revolting in me.
00:50:39I hope so.
00:50:41You are so strong, mother.
00:50:43My daughter.
00:50:45My princess.
00:50:47I want to tell you something.
00:50:49Yes?
00:50:51I'm engaged.
00:50:53Really?
00:50:55With whom?
00:50:57With Frédéric Joliot.
00:51:01He's younger than you.
00:51:03Yes, a little.
00:51:05He smokes too much.
00:51:07Yes, too much.
00:51:09He's a handsome boy,
00:51:11but he hasn't done much yet.
00:51:13No, not yet.
00:51:15But do you love him?
00:51:17Actually, yes.
00:51:23My dear daughter,
00:51:25think about it well
00:51:27before you get engaged.
00:51:29You love Frédéric Joliot,
00:51:31but can you admire him?
00:51:45Let's go.
00:52:15I came to see Mrs. Curie.
00:52:17She's waiting for you.
00:52:19I think she's asleep.
00:52:21Should I wake her up?
00:52:23No, please leave her.
00:52:25I'll wait in her office.
00:52:27All right, ma'am.
00:52:45Courage!
00:52:47Courage!
00:52:49Who is it?
00:52:51It's me. Can I come in?
00:52:53You scared us.
00:52:55What's going on here?
00:52:57These are children from the village.
00:52:59We teach them to read and count.
00:53:01In Polish.
00:53:03If someone gives us away,
00:53:05they'll send us to Siberia.
00:53:07Is it your idea?
00:53:09No, it's my idea.
00:53:11But I have your father's permission.
00:53:13Be quiet.
00:53:23Sometimes parents come
00:53:25just to see what children are learning.
00:53:27Isn't it wonderful?
00:53:29I came to offer you a walk
00:53:31around the village before nightfall.
00:53:35I can't. I'm working.
00:53:37Please go, Mr. Noman.
00:53:39My German can wait until tomorrow.
00:53:41I just had a headache.
00:53:49Before I met you,
00:53:51I was a bit of a cynic.
00:53:53I decided to marry a stupid goose
00:53:55with beautiful eyes.
00:53:57I'd fall asleep as soon as she opened her mouth.
00:53:59But I thought that's what marriage is all about.
00:54:01You didn't love her.
00:54:03On the contrary, you saw reason in her.
00:54:05Young girls don't have reason, Mario.
00:54:07They're cramped with convenances,
00:54:09children's games.
00:54:11What are you saying?
00:54:13Nothing.
00:54:15Mario, please help me.
00:54:19I want to tell you
00:54:21that you're not like anyone else.
00:54:23And I love you.
00:54:29Mario.
00:54:33What's happening to us?
00:54:35We're crazy.
00:54:37If someone saw us...
00:54:39That's what I want.
00:54:41I want everyone to see us.
00:54:43I want the whole world to see us.
00:54:45I want you to be my wife.
00:54:49I'd be so proud of you.
00:54:53Please tell me you want it, too.
00:54:55Yes, I want it.
00:54:59You're not serious, are you, Kazimierz?
00:55:01Do you think I want to joke, Father?
00:55:03I think you're kidding, boy.
00:55:05I'm not kidding, sir.
00:55:07I thought you were going to spare us
00:55:09this worry, my boy.
00:55:11What worry?
00:55:13I love a unique girl.
00:55:15She's unique.
00:55:17She's from a good family.
00:55:19Her father is a well-known, respected man.
00:55:21She agrees to marry me.
00:55:23You should be happy.
00:55:25What do you have to accuse her of?
00:55:29Mom, tell me.
00:55:31But we have nothing to accuse her of.
00:55:33Maria is perfect.
00:55:35She's perfect, but she won't marry a governess.
00:55:37Am I making myself clear?
00:55:39Should I repeat?
00:55:41She won't marry a governess.
00:55:43Period.
00:55:51Missy, you're here.
00:55:53Good morning.
00:55:55I fell asleep.
00:55:57It's funny.
00:55:59Please imagine that
00:56:01for some time now,
00:56:03whenever I close my eyes,
00:56:05I'm haunted by memories from my youth.
00:56:07They remind me of some nonsense.
00:56:09That's the sign of old age.
00:56:11How nice of you
00:56:13to come to my request.
00:56:15It wasn't hard at all.
00:56:17I was in Rome where I interviewed Mussolini.
00:56:19I had to go through Paris.
00:56:21Let me take a look at you.
00:56:23How are you?
00:56:25Better not to think about it.
00:56:27Yes, I'm the editor-in-chief
00:56:29of the weekly Herald Tribune.
00:56:31But America has changed a lot
00:56:33since your trip.
00:56:35A lot.
00:56:37We've lost,
00:56:39let's say, idealism.
00:56:41And you, how are you?
00:56:43I heard there was a big celebration
00:56:45at Sorbonne.
00:56:47I'm so honored.
00:56:49I feel like I'm dead.
00:56:51By the way, you have to promise me
00:56:53that after my death
00:56:55you will give me your letters.
00:56:57They are a part of my life
00:56:59and you know how much I don't like
00:57:01to reveal my feelings.
00:57:03I swear.
00:57:05Tea is served, madame.
00:57:07I still drink tea,
00:57:09but maybe you prefer something else, Missy.
00:57:11I don't know what we have at home.
00:57:13No, it's fine, thank you.
00:57:15I have a lot to tell you, Missy.
00:57:17First of all,
00:57:19you will receive the Legion of Honor.
00:57:21It's already done.
00:57:23Then?
00:57:25I will need you again, Missy.
00:57:27This time it's about Poland.
00:57:29You know my sister, Bronya.
00:57:31Thanks to her energy
00:57:33the Council Institute was built in Warsaw.
00:57:35An institute of my name.
00:57:37Bronya is in charge of it.
00:57:39We have to help her.
00:57:41How?
00:57:43Just like you helped me.
00:57:45To start a business
00:57:47they need one gram of the Council.
00:57:49American women can do for Poland
00:57:51what they did for France,
00:57:53if you ask them skillfully.
00:57:55They won't do anything for Poland
00:57:57or for France.
00:57:59You said the country has changed.
00:58:01Now nobody is interested in Europe.
00:58:05I can't believe it.
00:58:07I know, but it's sad.
00:58:09We could try to do something,
00:58:11but only for you personally.
00:58:17But in the United States
00:58:19the population is shrinking.
00:58:21I remember the visit to Chicago.
00:58:23Yes, but it won't bring a gram of the Council.
00:58:27Let's assume it's for me personally.
00:58:29Would you agree to take matters into your own hands,
00:58:31like the last time?
00:58:33Of course, yes,
00:58:35but we have to wait for the next presidential elections.
00:58:37The President will probably be
00:58:39Herbert Hoover, the Republican.
00:58:43When he is elected
00:58:45I will send him congratulations.
00:58:49He is one of your admirers.
00:58:51You know that I never get involved
00:58:53in politics.
00:58:55Congratulations is not politics.
00:58:57Mr. Hoover is a man of honor
00:58:59and we will certainly get his support.
00:59:03But this time we will have to act differently.
00:59:07And of course you will have to come.
00:59:09Okay, I will come with a gun.
00:59:11No, without a gun.
00:59:13I care about that.
00:59:15Then it won't work.
00:59:17Neither will France.
00:59:19Please believe me.
00:59:21Only Marie Curie.
00:59:23So I won't come.
00:59:29Okay, I will come alone.
00:59:31But I don't want any interviews,
00:59:33photographs, autographs,
00:59:35handshakes.
00:59:37That can be arranged.
00:59:47Thank you.
01:00:17I have the pleasure
01:00:19to hand over this cheque
01:00:21which will allow
01:00:23Mrs. Curie
01:00:25to get one gram of radio.
01:00:27Mrs. Curie.
01:00:33Mr. President,
01:00:35I thank you very much
01:00:37and all those who helped me
01:00:39and received me so hospitably.
01:00:47This is great.
01:00:49Thank you.
01:00:51Pleasure and an honor.
01:00:53Thank you.
01:01:17Mr. Germain, are you busy?
01:01:19Yes, Mrs. Curie,
01:01:21I'm busy.
01:01:35I think the rose bush
01:01:37has been saved.
01:01:39Certainly, ma'am.
01:01:47Thank you.
01:02:07Mrs. Rose,
01:02:09please send a message to everyone
01:02:11because otherwise
01:02:13we will never be able to handle it.
01:02:15Yes, I will.
01:02:17Mrs. Curie does not give out
01:02:19autographs or photos.
01:02:21And who discovered the structure
01:02:23of the subtle alpha rays?
01:02:25Who is the glorious laboratory?
01:02:27It's true that the boss
01:02:29treated him unfairly,
01:02:31but it's not always like that.
01:02:33Yes, yes.
01:02:35Everything for Irene,
01:02:37successor of the throne,
01:02:39princess.
01:02:41Calm down, you're going too far.
01:02:43Mrs. Curie,
01:02:45I have to talk to you.
01:02:47I know you are in the laboratory.
01:02:49Please open.
01:02:51I want to meet you.
01:02:55Open, monkey.
01:02:59Mrs. Rose,
01:03:01please order two seats
01:03:03in the sleeping car to Chamonix tomorrow.
01:03:07Monkey, do you hear?
01:03:13It's me, madam.
01:03:15Petit.
01:03:19Excuse me,
01:03:21can I talk to Mrs. Curie?
01:03:23I do not disturb.
01:03:25Please come in, Petit.
01:03:27What's going on?
01:03:29They are destroying everything, Mrs. Curie.
01:03:31Our first laboratory.
01:03:33The one from school.
01:03:35What are you saying?
01:03:37They are doing some work.
01:03:39They are destroying everything.
01:03:41What's going on?
01:03:59What's going on?
01:04:01Peter, come and see.
01:04:11You wanted it to have a beautiful color.
01:04:13Yes.
01:04:15Since then, you have converted
01:04:17eight tons of uranium ore.
01:04:19Eight and a half tons.
01:04:35A week's work in vain.
01:04:37I've had enough of it.
01:04:39I don't want to work in these conditions.
01:04:41Without a preparator, without a proper place.
01:04:43This humidity is killing me.
01:04:51My Peter.
01:04:55Do you really want to give up?
01:04:57Yes.
01:04:59Until we have better conditions.
01:05:03I'm tired, my dear.
01:05:05Tired.
01:05:07If you get a place at Sorbonne,
01:05:09everything will change.
01:05:11I won't get it.
01:05:13You married a modest teacher, Mario.
01:05:15A shooter
01:05:17who didn't finish
01:05:19any high school or polytechnic.
01:05:21I don't belong to the caste.
01:05:37We chose our lives
01:05:39too hard.
01:05:49Pigs.
01:05:51Pigs.
01:05:53You have to look
01:05:55into the future, Peter.
01:05:57Never into the past.
01:06:07Good night.
01:06:17Good night.
01:06:37Good night.
01:06:47Who are you?
01:06:49My name is Jeanne Villemin.
01:06:51What do you want?
01:06:53What are you doing in my house?
01:06:55I came to tell you a few words
01:06:57and you won't listen to me
01:06:59because if you don't,
01:07:01I'll shoot.
01:07:03An unusual argument.
01:07:05Is that what you're saying?
01:07:07Philippe Villemin?
01:07:09The boy from the lab?
01:07:11I heard he's sick.
01:07:13He's not sick, he's dying.
01:07:15Because of those pigs
01:07:17I told you to touch.
01:07:19He's going to die, you hear?
01:07:21You killed him.
01:07:23Calm down, dear.
01:07:25I'm not your daughter.
01:07:27What you're doing is a crime.
01:07:29Yes, it's a crime.
01:07:31Your lab workers
01:07:33destroy their radiation.
01:07:35A 30-year-old boy dies because of you.
01:07:37Doesn't that impress you?
01:07:39Yes, it's true.
01:07:41No one talks about it
01:07:43because people are afraid to tell you the truth.
01:07:45The queen of the lab.
01:07:47To me, you're just
01:07:49an old, irresponsible lunatic.
01:07:53In two years,
01:07:55three people died in your lab.
01:07:57Isn't that enough?
01:07:59Where is Philippe?
01:08:01In the hospital.
01:08:03I want to see him.
01:08:05No, I won't let you
01:08:07steal his life from me.
01:08:09It's enough that you stole his life.
01:08:11What are you going to say?
01:08:13I came here on behalf of Philippe.
01:08:15I want to receive your promise.
01:08:17You must announce
01:08:19that the radiation
01:08:21is lethal.
01:08:23You know that, don't you?
01:08:25Admit it.
01:08:27And draw your conclusions.
01:08:29He's asking you
01:08:31to commit suicide.
01:08:33Please forgive me.
01:08:35But...
01:08:37Mom, you're back.
01:08:39Madame.
01:08:45Who is it?
01:08:49What did she want?
01:08:51You look upset.
01:08:53Not at all.
01:08:55What an idea.
01:08:57Keep me company
01:08:59while I change.
01:09:13Where are you going?
01:09:15I'm going out with Bob Pinter.
01:09:17You see him often?
01:09:19Yes, often.
01:09:21Eveline,
01:09:23don't ever let your whole life
01:09:25depend on such a turbulent feeling
01:09:27as love.
01:09:29Great passion is not a bad thing.
01:09:31Do you think love is not a good feeling?
01:09:33I love you.
01:09:41What happened, Mom?
01:09:43You look worried.
01:09:45Is it because of that woman?
01:09:47I'm wondering...
01:09:49What is the meaning of life?
01:09:51That's a stupid question,
01:09:53my dear Mom.
01:09:55You should ask yourself often.
01:09:57Where is good
01:09:59and where is evil?
01:10:01What is good
01:10:03and which of our actions
01:10:05can turn evil?
01:10:07What are you talking about?
01:10:09You're an example.
01:10:11An example of what?
01:10:13Of living in the service of others.
01:10:15That's what I think
01:10:17and that's what I've always been proud of
01:10:19even at the age of five.
01:10:21Why are you putting on so much make-up?
01:10:23Those wrinkled eyelids...
01:10:25It's awful.
01:10:27No, Mom, it's very nice.
01:10:35Turn around.
01:10:39How can you wear such a necklace
01:10:41on your back?
01:10:43You can lift it from the front
01:10:45and walk around with your back bare?
01:10:47First of all, it's not decent.
01:10:49Second, you could get pneumonia.
01:10:51Third, it looks ugly.
01:10:53At least this argument should speak to you.
01:10:55You don't like my dress.
01:10:57Yes, it's nice,
01:10:59but you wear black too often.
01:11:01Black doesn't suit you at your age.
01:11:05Show me those shoes.
01:11:07They're awful.
01:11:09Do you really think women are made
01:11:11to wear something like that?
01:11:13How long are you going to dance in those shoes?
01:11:15I'll dance in them all night,
01:11:17my poor mommy,
01:11:19who you never danced with.
01:11:21Good night, darling.
01:11:23When I come back,
01:11:25I'll see if you're shining.
01:11:33Yes, I danced.
01:11:39I danced.
01:11:43I danced.
01:11:45I danced.
01:11:47I danced.
01:12:13Madame.
01:12:15Mr. Lążwa is here.
01:12:17He's asking if you can see him.
01:12:19Yes, please bring him in.
01:12:21Yes, madame.
01:12:35Good morning, Mario.
01:12:37Paul, it's nice to see you.
01:12:39Good morning.
01:12:45I see you're still working on the floor.
01:12:47There's never enough space in the office.
01:12:49Would you like some tea?
01:12:51I'll bring you a cup.
01:12:53Don't you have anything else?
01:12:55I think Eva has porto in the living room.
01:12:57Could it be porto?
01:12:59I'll bring it.
01:13:09How do you feel?
01:13:11I don't know.
01:13:13I'm always travelling.
01:13:15It's so stupid.
01:13:17I wonder what's the fundamental mistake
01:13:19in human organisation
01:13:21that requires this kind of movement.
01:13:27Dignifying science,
01:13:29as Mrs. Melanie says.
01:13:31And you?
01:13:33I'm coming back from Russia.
01:13:35I'm going to Berlin.
01:13:37I think I'd do better
01:13:39by devoting myself to gardening.
01:13:41And I to research.
01:13:43You've done an unforgivable thing.
01:13:45I know, I know.
01:13:47Everyone can be a politician.
01:13:49But who can replace Paul Lążwa
01:13:51in the laboratory?
01:13:53If there's no political work,
01:13:55there won't be any laboratories soon.
01:13:59Our job is to force society
01:14:01to understand the importance of research.
01:14:03You don't believe in the threat of fascism?
01:14:05I didn't say that.
01:14:07I'm just saying
01:14:09that I'm against political science.
01:14:11But you did sign a letter
01:14:13about Sacco and Vancetti.
01:14:15That one time.
01:14:17It was about saving human life.
01:14:19I'm afraid that soon
01:14:21many human existences
01:14:23will be in danger, Mario.
01:14:25And if you count that your dear
01:14:27League of Nations will stop the war,
01:14:29what kind of helplessness,
01:14:31how dare you propose funds?
01:14:33I read your speech.
01:14:35Erio was furious.
01:14:37Erio.
01:14:39I believe in the power of the mind.
01:14:41We should awaken the mind,
01:14:43not the tenacity.
01:14:45Because then we are traitors.
01:14:47What does the mind mean without action?
01:14:49You have to act, Mario.
01:14:51Do you want justice, peace?
01:14:53And how do you want to achieve that
01:14:55if you don't believe in the effectiveness
01:14:57of human efforts?
01:14:59I believe in human effort
01:15:01and the great hope that was created there.
01:15:03Isn't learning human effort?
01:15:05Isn't it an action?
01:15:07Isn't it a hope?
01:15:09Isn't teaching everyone an action?
01:15:11It's not an action.
01:15:13It's a science that will relieve
01:15:15human suffering.
01:15:17We can't discuss it with you.
01:15:19Not for a long time.
01:15:21You should know that.
01:15:23Mario, you have to come to the meeting
01:15:25on the 27th.
01:15:27It will be Einstein.
01:15:29Carrying the name Maria Curie,
01:15:31you are...
01:15:33Irreducible.
01:15:35I think you have finally discovered it.
01:15:37I think you are wrong.
01:15:43But I will never stop admiring you.
01:15:51Tell me, Miss Montel,
01:15:53whom you took to the lab,
01:15:55could you release her by the end of June?
01:15:57Why?
01:15:59She's pregnant.
01:16:01So what?
01:16:03She shouldn't expose herself to radiation,
01:16:05no matter what you think.
01:16:07You are particularly interested, Miss Montel.
01:16:09Yes, I will release her tomorrow.
01:16:11Thank you.
01:16:17Irreducible.
01:16:19Just don't tell anyone.
01:16:25Hello?
01:16:29What's going on?
01:16:31I'm on my way.
01:16:35It's Irena.
01:16:37Something happened in the lab.
01:16:39I'm on my way.
01:16:41I'm coming with you.
01:16:43I radiated an aluminum plate
01:16:45using the alpha radiation source.
01:16:47You can hear the Geiger counter ticking.
01:16:51We're cutting off the source.
01:16:53The counter should stop.
01:16:55It doesn't stop.
01:16:57The material has become radioactive.
01:16:59Unbelievable.
01:17:01We have discovered artificial radioactivity.
01:17:11Do it again.
01:17:15I take a new source.
01:17:17I bring it closer.
01:17:19You can hear the Geiger counter ticking.
01:17:21I cut off the source.
01:17:23The counter doesn't stop.
01:17:25And...
01:17:27Mom!
01:17:31A few months later,
01:17:33in 1934,
01:17:35Maria Curie died of exhaustion
01:17:37at the age of 67.
01:17:39A year later,
01:17:41Irena and Frederic Joliot
01:17:43received the Nobel Prize for their discovery.
01:17:51The film was made in 1934.
01:17:53The film was made in 1934.
01:17:59The commentary was read by Françoise Giroux.
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