“Movie: Radioactive”

Rosamund Pike received widespread acclaim for her starring role as French-Polish physicist Marie Curie in director Marjane Satrapi’s 2019 drama. The story opens in 1934, as Curie collapses in her lab from radiation poisoning. In the hospital, she reflects on her career, wherein she struggled against a male-dominated professional field. Sam Riley and Sian Brooke also star.