1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:02:16,121 --> 00:02:19,721 MARIE CURIE AND THE BLUE LIGHT 4 00:02:46,721 --> 00:02:49,361 As you have seen, thorium doesn't exhibit significant radiation. 5 00:02:53,561 --> 00:02:55,601 The emission of a given element which follows a routine 6 00:02:55,601 --> 00:02:57,041 a trajectory can change... 7 00:03:06,041 --> 00:03:06,921 Marie?! 8 00:03:07,961 --> 00:03:09,041 Sit down! 9 00:03:10,161 --> 00:03:11,081 It'll be all right... 10 00:03:11,721 --> 00:03:13,481 André, come here quickly! 11 00:03:13,481 --> 00:03:14,801 It'll be all right. 12 00:03:15,401 --> 00:03:17,601 Will it be all right? I don't know... What are we going to do? 13 00:03:17,601 --> 00:03:19,841 - Get me the midwife, now! - Breathe, Marie... 14 00:03:20,841 --> 00:03:23,121 Marie, calm down, just sit down! 15 00:03:25,481 --> 00:03:27,681 - Shall we call for help? - Yes, yes! 16 00:03:27,681 --> 00:03:29,201 Be quick! 17 00:03:29,201 --> 00:03:30,401 Hurry up! 18 00:03:34,641 --> 00:03:37,761 What about Stockholm then'? When are we going? When can we drive? 19 00:03:37,761 --> 00:03:39,681 It can wait a bit. 20 00:03:40,241 --> 00:03:42,161 It's been a year already, they are asking again and again. 21 00:03:42,161 --> 00:03:44,681 Some American wants to name a racer after me 22 00:03:44,681 --> 00:03:46,601 and asks my permission. 23 00:03:46,601 --> 00:03:47,841 Can horses get Nobel Prizes? 24 00:03:47,841 --> 00:03:49,241 No, only men can get it. 25 00:03:49,241 --> 00:03:52,721 Your mother is an exception. She is the first lady who won Nobel. 26 00:03:52,721 --> 00:03:54,041 So I'll be the second. 27 00:03:54,041 --> 00:03:55,721 Of course, why not? 28 00:03:59,201 --> 00:04:00,761 Did I use to be so tiny? 29 00:04:00,761 --> 00:04:02,681 You were, you were. And now watch out... 30 00:04:02,681 --> 00:04:04,601 you are the biggest of us all! 31 00:04:04,601 --> 00:04:05,561 Come, let's go! 32 00:04:29,441 --> 00:04:31,961 A car from the Royal Academy will await you 33 00:04:32,001 --> 00:04:33,281 in front of the hotel in an hour. 34 00:04:33,281 --> 00:04:35,201 Thank you, but we prefer to walk. 35 00:04:50,201 --> 00:04:52,121 Why don't we give them back their Nobel Prize? 36 00:04:52,121 --> 00:04:55,241 Having all these journalists on our heads, we can't work. 37 00:04:55,521 --> 00:04:57,041 Hmm? 38 00:04:58,041 --> 00:05:00,281 They steal our precious time, time so needed. 39 00:05:00,281 --> 00:05:01,241 Marie... 40 00:05:02,481 --> 00:05:04,961 We get crazy, if we will not be able to live as we like. 41 00:05:06,561 --> 00:05:10,401 After Henri Becquerel discovered the special radiating properties of uranium 42 00:05:10,401 --> 00:05:12,761 Madame Curie has shown... 43 00:05:12,761 --> 00:05:16,961 that thorium and its compounds possess the same properties 44 00:05:16,961 --> 00:05:20,921 and called such substances "radioactive". 45 00:05:20,921 --> 00:05:24,881 The experiments on radium lead to the assumption that... 46 00:05:24,881 --> 00:05:27,321 certain particles have a velocity 47 00:05:27,321 --> 00:05:29,681 very slightly below that of light. 48 00:05:30,401 --> 00:05:32,321 That might probably modify 49 00:05:32,321 --> 00:05:35,841 the fundamental principle of mechanics. 50 00:05:35,841 --> 00:05:40,401 The consequences for the chemistry are perhaps even more important. 51 00:05:40,401 --> 00:05:45,321 Finally in the biological sciences the rise of radium 52 00:05:45,321 --> 00:05:48,281 could become a very useful ally 53 00:05:48,281 --> 00:05:50,081 in the treatment of cancer. 54 00:05:50,081 --> 00:05:52,961 The London Times doubts that radium is an element at all. 55 00:05:52,961 --> 00:05:53,921 Quiet, please! 56 00:05:53,921 --> 00:05:55,961 Radium is in no way 57 00:05:56,001 --> 00:05:59,081 a helium and lead compound, as many of our distinguished colleagues pretend. 58 00:05:59,081 --> 00:06:01,481 We are about to prove it! 59 00:06:01,481 --> 00:06:03,881 Madame Curie and I believe that mankind 60 00:06:03,881 --> 00:06:07,041 will derive more good than harm from this new discovery. 61 00:06:07,041 --> 00:06:10,521 Every meaningful research is a gift to humanity, 62 00:06:10,521 --> 00:06:13,241 but as the antique has taught us, 63 00:06:13,241 --> 00:06:15,321 it can instantly turn into Pandora's Box. 64 00:06:15,321 --> 00:06:18,401 The best example are the inventions of Alfred Nobel. 65 00:06:18,401 --> 00:06:22,401 His powerful explosives enable performing impressive works, 66 00:06:22,401 --> 00:06:25,721 they are also a terrible means of destruction 67 00:06:25,721 --> 00:06:29,241 in the hands of the great criminals who are leading countries to war. 68 00:06:29,241 --> 00:06:34,361 By accepting this Nobel Prize for physics, we call upon all citizens of Europe 69 00:06:34,361 --> 00:06:35,921 to be vigilant. 70 00:06:35,921 --> 00:06:39,081 It is our duty to work for peace! 71 00:06:39,761 --> 00:06:42,401 Madame Curie and I want to pursue our work 72 00:06:42,401 --> 00:06:44,481 with this goal in mind. 73 00:06:51,161 --> 00:06:53,081 Professor Pierre Curie. 74 00:06:54,521 --> 00:06:55,161 And Madame Curie... 75 00:06:55,161 --> 00:06:57,081 It is a great pleasure. 76 00:06:57,081 --> 00:06:59,841 Crown Prince Gustav was disconsolate 77 00:06:59,841 --> 00:07:02,081 that you didn't show yourselves at last year's banquet. 78 00:07:02,081 --> 00:07:05,681 If only you knew how much Monsieur Curie and I enjoy missing banquets. 79 00:07:11,121 --> 00:07:12,761 When will they come at last? 80 00:07:12,761 --> 00:07:14,921 You are even more impatient than your mom! 81 00:07:14,921 --> 00:07:16,841 Besides, I am hungry! 82 00:07:17,081 --> 00:07:18,401 Abracadabra! Here is an apple for you. 83 00:07:18,401 --> 00:07:19,961 Thank you. 84 00:07:20,001 --> 00:07:21,641 Above a certain altitude the air is cleaner 85 00:07:21,641 --> 00:07:23,201 and I can observe better the changes 86 00:07:23,201 --> 00:07:25,361 in the atmosphere's electric charge. 87 00:07:25,361 --> 00:07:27,681 Have you installed your measuring instrument on the Eiffel Tower? 88 00:07:27,681 --> 00:07:29,721 It is the highest tower in the world. 89 00:07:29,721 --> 00:07:31,361 - On the top? - On the third floor. 90 00:07:33,961 --> 00:07:35,841 The results are surprising. 91 00:07:38,241 --> 00:07:40,841 We are organizing protests in front of Notre-Dame, 92 00:07:40,841 --> 00:07:42,521 we demand religious freedom... 93 00:07:42,521 --> 00:07:45,961 I have also discovered that in the air there are at least two other kinds of ions. 94 00:07:45,961 --> 00:07:48,401 Ions twice as big as the ones we have known till now. 95 00:07:48,881 --> 00:07:50,241 Freedom of religion for everyone! 96 00:07:50,241 --> 00:07:51,161 Thank you. 97 00:07:51,161 --> 00:07:53,321 And there's no freedom for me? 98 00:07:54,561 --> 00:07:56,321 We're demonstrating tomorrow in front of Notre-Dame, 99 00:07:56,321 --> 00:07:57,441 Will you come? 100 00:07:57,441 --> 00:07:59,801 With you, mademoiselle, I would even charge on the Vatican. 101 00:08:02,441 --> 00:08:04,361 What are you studying? 102 00:08:04,721 --> 00:08:07,481 - You have mercy for no girl. - What are you up to? 103 00:08:07,481 --> 00:08:09,961 I saw them! There they are! 104 00:08:09,961 --> 00:08:11,921 Dad! 105 00:08:13,121 --> 00:08:13,881 Dad, mum! 106 00:08:13,961 --> 00:08:16,361 Oh, my favorite tornado! 107 00:08:16,361 --> 00:08:17,921 I was so afraid! 108 00:08:17,921 --> 00:08:20,601 - What were you afraid of, darling? - That you never come back! 109 00:08:20,601 --> 00:08:23,001 But here we are. You know well that we always come back. 110 00:08:23,561 --> 00:08:26,081 - Hi, father! - How was the trip? 111 00:08:26,081 --> 00:08:28,401 48 hours in a row is no pleasure. 112 00:08:28,401 --> 00:08:30,161 And how was everything with you? 113 00:08:30,161 --> 00:08:32,441 Quiet as usual, no speeches, no vanity fairs. 114 00:08:32,441 --> 00:08:33,921 Nothing but joy. 115 00:08:33,921 --> 00:08:36,401 And this young lady wrapped me around her little finger. 116 00:08:36,401 --> 00:08:38,801 What a relief! 117 00:08:38,801 --> 00:08:40,601 You can't imagine how we missed you. 118 00:08:41,601 --> 00:08:43,841 Have they already delivered the pitchblende, Andre? 119 00:08:43,841 --> 00:08:45,521 - Yes, boss! - It's about time. 120 00:08:56,441 --> 00:08:58,601 Shall we? 121 00:09:02,241 --> 00:09:03,281 Yes? 122 00:09:14,601 --> 00:09:15,641 Hurry up! 123 00:09:18,681 --> 00:09:20,601 After you, Madame. 124 00:09:45,881 --> 00:09:51,041 Our radium. It is radiating from inside. 125 00:09:51,041 --> 00:09:53,081 Just like you. 126 00:09:53,081 --> 00:09:56,081 A healing matter in a state of inner turmoil. 127 00:09:58,841 --> 00:10:04,401 Either there is some demon in it, or the atom is not indivisible! 128 00:10:07,481 --> 00:10:10,841 That would contradict all known theories. 129 00:10:16,161 --> 00:10:18,041 I hope I didn't forget anything. 130 00:10:18,041 --> 00:10:20,081 I love your lists! 131 00:10:22,361 --> 00:10:24,681 - Does it hurt? - No, not at all. 132 00:10:25,241 --> 00:10:28,161 We treated his inoperable tumor with radium bromide, 133 00:10:28,161 --> 00:10:30,881 applied with a rubber-sleeve for two weeks, ten minutes a day. 134 00:10:31,961 --> 00:10:33,881 It already decreased by half. 135 00:10:33,881 --> 00:10:35,801 With smaller cartridges 136 00:10:35,801 --> 00:10:38,321 we could measure the dosage of the radium more precisely 137 00:10:38,321 --> 00:10:40,721 and apply its radiation more targeted 138 00:10:40,721 --> 00:10:42,761 to protect the healthy cells. 139 00:10:42,761 --> 00:10:45,761 The best solution would probably be 140 00:10:45,761 --> 00:10:47,921 to inject the radium directly into the cancer cell. 141 00:10:48,801 --> 00:10:50,681 Your name is Iréne, isn't it? 142 00:10:51,961 --> 00:10:53,321 Iréne! 143 00:10:54,201 --> 00:10:55,721 It looks like mum is calling you! 144 00:10:55,721 --> 00:10:57,641 - Good bye, monsieur. - Good bye. 145 00:10:58,161 --> 00:11:00,081 My reverence Madame! 146 00:11:00,081 --> 00:11:02,721 - Already back from Stockholm? - Go to your room now. 147 00:11:02,721 --> 00:11:05,561 Gustave Téry, chief editor of "I'Oeuvre". 148 00:11:06,041 --> 00:11:08,561 "We talk aloud what others only think in secret". 149 00:11:08,921 --> 00:11:10,361 Leave my family in peace. 150 00:11:11,561 --> 00:11:14,321 How does it feel to be suddenly so famous? 151 00:11:28,841 --> 00:11:30,801 Did you hear what is going on in Warsaw? 152 00:11:31,121 --> 00:11:33,801 Nationalists robbed the public stock... look. 153 00:11:36,081 --> 00:11:38,441 Perhaps your sister won't need your money anymore! 154 00:11:38,441 --> 00:11:40,841 It is time for Poland to be independent again. 155 00:11:41,801 --> 00:11:43,601 One should be able to speak Polish in his country. 156 00:11:43,601 --> 00:11:46,241 You should become a politician, madame Skodovska. 157 00:11:46,721 --> 00:11:48,161 Sklodovska! 158 00:11:50,481 --> 00:11:52,401 He behaves as if everything was all right, 159 00:11:53,081 --> 00:11:55,761 but during the trip he vomited several times and he didn't admit it. 160 00:11:55,761 --> 00:11:57,521 He's had this supposed influenza for months! 161 00:11:57,521 --> 00:11:59,081 I think it's anemia. 162 00:11:59,721 --> 00:12:00,961 How come? 163 00:12:00,961 --> 00:12:02,681 From your lifestyle. 164 00:12:03,281 --> 00:12:05,921 Don't lie to me, Eugéne. Just tell me the truth. 165 00:12:05,921 --> 00:12:07,121 Whatever this truth is. 166 00:12:07,121 --> 00:12:09,041 Don't worry, I will examine him thoroughly. 167 00:12:10,161 --> 00:12:11,361 Really, stop worrying. 168 00:12:19,281 --> 00:12:21,201 Give me back the medal, give it back to me! 169 00:12:21,201 --> 00:12:22,761 - It is mine! - Give it back! 170 00:12:22,761 --> 00:12:24,681 - I'm better in math than you! - It's not true! 171 00:12:24,961 --> 00:12:26,921 Kids! Stop fighting this instant! 172 00:12:26,921 --> 00:12:28,841 Jean, give me the medal. This is not a toy. 173 00:12:28,841 --> 00:12:31,601 - This is my medal. - Rubbish. Now, give it to me. 174 00:12:31,841 --> 00:12:34,841 - She could lend it to me... - This is not a toy. 175 00:12:35,681 --> 00:12:38,241 Where do you want to isolate pure radium? 176 00:12:38,921 --> 00:12:41,081 I'm fed up with your shabby hangar. 177 00:12:41,081 --> 00:12:43,281 What am I working with two Nobels for? 178 00:12:43,721 --> 00:12:45,161 Honestly? 179 00:12:45,441 --> 00:12:46,841 Well... 180 00:12:47,121 --> 00:12:48,681 Wine? 181 00:12:52,121 --> 00:12:54,081 You want to push cancer research forward. Fine! 182 00:12:54,081 --> 00:12:56,481 But please give me a lab that deserves that name. 183 00:12:56,481 --> 00:12:58,641 Pierre has appointment next week at the French Academy 184 00:12:58,641 --> 00:13:00,321 to try and get some funds. 185 00:13:00,321 --> 00:13:01,721 The world gets crazy about radium, 186 00:13:01,721 --> 00:13:03,961 but no one cares about how one finances such a research. 187 00:13:03,961 --> 00:13:07,121 - You should take Marie with you. - I never can say "no" to her. 188 00:13:08,681 --> 00:13:10,601 Marie under the Dome of the Academy, that would be something! 189 00:13:10,601 --> 00:13:12,161 If you patented your discovery, 190 00:13:12,161 --> 00:13:13,761 you could afford building your own laboratory. 191 00:13:13,761 --> 00:13:15,761 We're scientists, and no profiteers. 192 00:13:15,761 --> 00:13:17,681 My Paul would deserve more recognition too. 193 00:13:17,681 --> 00:13:18,761 Ah, Jeanne... 194 00:13:18,761 --> 00:13:20,721 You play modest, but that's the fact. 195 00:13:20,721 --> 00:13:22,601 We strive for results that could help everyone, 196 00:13:22,601 --> 00:13:24,521 that's what counts for us. 197 00:13:24,521 --> 00:13:26,721 Have you cured the tumor of that patient? 198 00:13:27,321 --> 00:13:28,641 No, not entirely. 199 00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:31,121 Do you understand now why I'm impatient? It's just a beginning! 200 00:13:31,121 --> 00:13:34,241 For being sure of the results, we still need lots of tests and experiments. 201 00:13:34,241 --> 00:13:35,361 Patience, patience, patience! 202 00:13:35,361 --> 00:13:36,921 Here are the three pillars of our method. 203 00:13:36,921 --> 00:13:40,601 - Eve is so sweet, she just fell asleep. - It belongs to Irene now. 204 00:13:40,601 --> 00:13:42,561 The Nobel medal? 205 00:13:42,561 --> 00:13:44,481 She can lose it, it'll land somewhere in the mud. 206 00:13:44,481 --> 00:13:47,681 "Nobel Prize lands in the mud". 207 00:13:48,321 --> 00:13:50,081 Sounds like a great headline! 208 00:13:52,761 --> 00:13:54,681 Iréne you put it on back to front. 209 00:13:54,681 --> 00:13:58,121 Never mind! Double knot keeps much better. 210 00:13:58,721 --> 00:14:02,681 Especially when it's done by daddy. 211 00:14:04,241 --> 00:14:05,601 Till evening. 212 00:14:05,601 --> 00:14:07,761 Give it to your mum, will you? 213 00:14:08,361 --> 00:14:10,121 I am going, see you in the lab? 214 00:14:15,201 --> 00:14:16,641 Don't forget your umbrella! 215 00:14:17,681 --> 00:14:19,481 What would I do without you? 216 00:14:28,241 --> 00:14:30,161 Now it should keep well. 217 00:14:41,001 --> 00:14:43,481 Gigantic is this begonia of yours. 218 00:14:43,721 --> 00:14:45,961 True. It is growing much faster than the other one. 219 00:14:49,161 --> 00:14:53,241 At least I've managed to control disruptions of our electroscope. 220 00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:56,481 - Really? - Yes. 221 00:15:30,041 --> 00:15:31,481 There was an accident. 222 00:15:34,841 --> 00:15:36,761 On the corner Rue Dauphine. 223 00:15:39,561 --> 00:15:41,801 He wanted to cross the street quickly. 224 00:15:45,641 --> 00:15:46,961 Who? 225 00:15:49,521 --> 00:15:51,401 Must have been deep in his thoughts. 226 00:15:51,401 --> 00:15:53,081 He slipped. 227 00:15:55,961 --> 00:15:57,801 He didn't see the carriage. 228 00:16:00,881 --> 00:16:02,561 He is dead? 229 00:19:53,321 --> 00:19:55,241 Oh, professor Amagat? Good morning. 230 00:19:58,601 --> 00:20:00,761 Very modest for a Nobel laureate, isn't it? 231 00:20:00,761 --> 00:20:05,321 But Madame did not forget to invite our minister of education. 232 00:20:06,521 --> 00:20:09,681 He may be useful for her in the future. 233 00:20:53,721 --> 00:20:57,401 Two times six... 2HCI-- 1 HCI times... 234 00:21:49,401 --> 00:21:51,401 Manya, come back to Poland with me. 235 00:21:51,401 --> 00:21:53,681 Without Pierre you will always be a foreigner here! 236 00:21:54,041 --> 00:21:56,241 Pierre would like me to continue our work. 237 00:21:56,241 --> 00:21:58,161 You can do it in Poland as well. 238 00:21:58,161 --> 00:22:00,321 You perfectly know that it is not true. 239 00:22:00,801 --> 00:22:02,361 What kind of future will my daughters have in Poland? 240 00:22:02,361 --> 00:22:04,961 What are you talking about? Poland is at the start of big changes. 241 00:22:05,361 --> 00:22:07,881 Your daughters will be better there than in a country 242 00:22:07,881 --> 00:22:10,121 which has until this day not rehabilitated Dreyfus! 243 00:22:11,121 --> 00:22:12,561 Their place is here. 244 00:22:13,481 --> 00:22:15,681 You want to stay in France, yes? 245 00:22:15,681 --> 00:22:17,601 I promised him to be always by his side. 246 00:22:17,601 --> 00:22:20,601 I let him go alone. Why am I still alive? 247 00:22:20,601 --> 00:22:22,281 He was such a better person than I am. 248 00:22:22,281 --> 00:22:23,921 Manya, it was an accident. 249 00:22:26,121 --> 00:22:28,041 Without Pierre I am nothing! 250 00:22:29,921 --> 00:22:32,841 Iréne, can you pass me your plate? 251 00:22:33,561 --> 00:22:36,041 - Thank you very much. - Iréne, more asparagus? 252 00:22:39,201 --> 00:22:41,081 Kids, I baked some cake! It is still warm. 253 00:22:41,081 --> 00:22:42,961 Cake? For me! 254 00:22:57,081 --> 00:22:59,921 Do you intend to work yourself to death? 255 00:23:02,441 --> 00:23:04,361 When I work, he is with me. 256 00:23:04,641 --> 00:23:07,961 Nobody can work for two for ever. You not either. 257 00:23:12,281 --> 00:23:14,681 If I can isolate radium in its pure metal form, 258 00:23:14,681 --> 00:23:16,601 nobody will doubt its nature. 259 00:23:20,921 --> 00:23:23,321 I'm going to build the radium Institute, Pierre dreamed of. 260 00:23:25,161 --> 00:23:29,681 And make out of the Curie therapy the best method against cancer. 261 00:23:29,681 --> 00:23:31,361 Do you know what it means? 262 00:23:31,361 --> 00:23:33,921 Thousands of incurable patients saved by the radiation of this... 263 00:23:39,281 --> 00:23:42,921 Your radium might destroy tumors but it also eats up fingers! 264 00:23:48,081 --> 00:23:50,681 I'm so afraid to tell Iréne the truth. 265 00:23:55,961 --> 00:23:58,281 You are lying, mum! You are lying! 266 00:24:00,881 --> 00:24:03,521 Dad! Dad! 267 00:25:31,961 --> 00:25:37,161 My Pierre. My good, beloved Pierre... 268 00:25:37,161 --> 00:25:40,481 Another day which I was not destined to spend with you. 269 00:25:42,161 --> 00:25:44,681 Our treasures are so little! 270 00:25:46,241 --> 00:25:48,561 Shall I be worthy of you? 271 00:26:00,041 --> 00:26:01,241 He is not here. 272 00:26:01,241 --> 00:26:03,161 He is waiting for you in your dreams. 273 00:26:03,161 --> 00:26:06,161 When you think of him, you will be able to hear his voice, see him. 274 00:26:08,481 --> 00:26:10,401 Wait, Iréne. Please. 275 00:26:10,961 --> 00:26:12,561 Do you believe in God? 276 00:26:12,561 --> 00:26:13,961 God has nothing to do with this. 277 00:26:13,961 --> 00:26:17,081 I don't believe any more. God is just a Santa Claus version for adults! 278 00:26:17,561 --> 00:26:19,481 There is something to it! 279 00:26:23,561 --> 00:26:26,801 Grandpa, do you really think I can see Dad in my dreams? 280 00:26:57,681 --> 00:27:00,041 The Sorbonne calls for tenders for Pierre's chair of physics. 281 00:27:01,481 --> 00:27:03,401 Do you want to apply? 282 00:27:03,401 --> 00:27:05,601 You know well that there is only one person in the world 283 00:27:05,601 --> 00:27:07,041 who can overtake this chair. 284 00:27:09,801 --> 00:27:12,041 A woman has no chance. 285 00:27:12,041 --> 00:27:14,001 And some one like me is much too expensive for them! 286 00:27:41,441 --> 00:27:44,481 The dean is terribly busy today. 287 00:27:44,481 --> 00:27:45,881 What time is he free then? 288 00:27:45,881 --> 00:27:47,361 I can't tell, unfortunately. 289 00:27:51,641 --> 00:27:53,081 I am Marie Curie. 290 00:27:53,081 --> 00:27:55,601 I know, Madame. Your husband was a genius scientist. 291 00:27:57,521 --> 00:27:59,841 My husband and I, we shared everything. 292 00:28:02,081 --> 00:28:04,721 We wanted to explore the healing force of radium. 293 00:28:05,961 --> 00:28:08,441 This is even dearer to me today. 294 00:28:08,441 --> 00:28:11,361 That's why we started cooperating with medical researchers. 295 00:28:12,041 --> 00:28:14,481 This issue needs great experience. 296 00:28:15,041 --> 00:28:18,041 Nobody will oppose if you train your husband's successor. 297 00:28:18,641 --> 00:28:21,281 We're about to break through. 298 00:28:21,281 --> 00:28:23,201 I need a laboratory. 299 00:28:23,201 --> 00:28:25,641 No one could be better suited to supervise it. 300 00:28:27,041 --> 00:28:29,561 And if need be, I could take over Pierre's teaching. 301 00:28:30,641 --> 00:28:32,081 If need be? 302 00:28:33,081 --> 00:28:35,721 Madame, this sort of title is not transferable by marriage! 303 00:28:36,961 --> 00:28:38,721 Who is talking about titles here? 304 00:28:39,441 --> 00:28:42,281 I'm just asking for the job, not for titles. 305 00:28:49,521 --> 00:28:53,081 You enjoy an excellent reputation, Professor Langevin. 306 00:28:53,081 --> 00:28:54,961 You have good scientific relations all over Europe. 307 00:28:55,641 --> 00:29:00,281 Shortly, I cannot imagine a better candidate for my projects. 308 00:29:00,281 --> 00:29:02,441 That's also my opinion. 309 00:29:02,441 --> 00:29:06,201 Thank you, gentlemen. Your timing couldn't be better. 310 00:29:06,201 --> 00:29:09,761 Nowadays we make discoveries that abolish old principles of physics. 311 00:29:09,761 --> 00:29:11,681 Not so fast, dear friend. 312 00:29:11,681 --> 00:29:14,081 So far, Mr. Solvay is proposing a debate. 313 00:29:14,081 --> 00:29:15,761 The task is quite difficult. 314 00:29:15,761 --> 00:29:18,041 Take your time. Money is not a problem. 315 00:29:18,401 --> 00:29:20,201 Thanks to my patents I have made a fortune. 316 00:29:20,201 --> 00:29:22,121 Please excuse me, I will be right back. 317 00:29:23,241 --> 00:29:25,161 Marie! Wait! Wait! 318 00:29:25,361 --> 00:29:26,961 I'd like to introduce you Mr Ernest Solvay. 319 00:29:26,961 --> 00:29:29,681 Hypocrites all around, it's loathsome. 320 00:29:30,521 --> 00:29:33,041 Is Madame Curie also teaching at the Sorbonne? 321 00:29:33,881 --> 00:29:36,921 The radium might be the latest thing, 322 00:29:36,921 --> 00:29:40,281 but never ever a female professor. 323 00:29:41,681 --> 00:29:45,041 "Malbrough goes to fight in war, nobody knows when he comes back..." 324 00:29:46,481 --> 00:29:47,841 Why are you singing? 325 00:29:47,841 --> 00:29:51,161 To scare the sparrows away. I won't have them vandalize our mirabelles! 326 00:29:51,521 --> 00:29:53,081 But there are no plums yet! 327 00:29:53,081 --> 00:29:55,481 It's never too early to do the right thing! 328 00:30:01,881 --> 00:30:03,801 I don't like today's education system at all. 329 00:30:05,841 --> 00:30:08,961 Children must have time for sport, 330 00:30:08,961 --> 00:30:11,561 for developing artistic sensitivity. 331 00:30:11,561 --> 00:30:14,601 - And you know well that... - Stop scratching yourself. 332 00:30:15,681 --> 00:30:19,521 Nothing raises curiosity more than performing experiments. 333 00:30:20,321 --> 00:30:23,481 But no! They force them into hopeless sapping, learning by heart. 334 00:30:23,481 --> 00:30:26,081 And forbid girls to take part in any Physics classes. 335 00:30:26,081 --> 00:30:27,961 Even when they're as talented as Irene. 336 00:30:27,961 --> 00:30:29,921 And you will find a remedy to all of that? 337 00:30:29,921 --> 00:30:31,161 - Yes, if need be. - Of course. 338 00:30:31,161 --> 00:30:32,801 You'll just wave your magic wand 339 00:30:32,801 --> 00:30:34,721 and everything will be as it should be. 340 00:30:34,721 --> 00:30:36,761 Why should girls be less talented? 341 00:30:37,281 --> 00:30:39,281 Do you have any slick rope? 342 00:30:39,881 --> 00:30:41,441 As you wish. 343 00:30:47,241 --> 00:30:48,161 Iréne? 344 00:30:51,961 --> 00:30:52,961 Yes? 345 00:30:52,961 --> 00:30:54,881 - You want to try? - Yes! 346 00:31:00,801 --> 00:31:02,721 Your sister cries differently. 347 00:31:02,721 --> 00:31:05,321 She fights on too many fronts simultaneously. 348 00:31:06,161 --> 00:31:07,961 Finally she will hit her head against the wall. 349 00:31:07,961 --> 00:31:09,921 Catch with your feet! Go on. 350 00:31:11,681 --> 00:31:12,921 Not so fast. 351 00:31:12,921 --> 00:31:16,601 The secret of a successful experiment is precision and care. Nothing more. 352 00:31:16,601 --> 00:31:18,521 One should not be in a hurry. Try. 353 00:31:18,521 --> 00:31:20,441 It will surface. 354 00:31:26,841 --> 00:31:28,761 Clean up immediately, please. 355 00:31:33,881 --> 00:31:35,801 The same principle as at sea. 356 00:31:37,121 --> 00:31:37,841 Jean? 357 00:31:37,841 --> 00:31:40,641 Why does the egg float in jar three? 358 00:31:42,641 --> 00:31:44,721 Because salty water is dense and... 359 00:31:44,721 --> 00:31:46,761 The egg has less density than salty water! 360 00:31:46,761 --> 00:31:49,041 And what did Archimedes state? 361 00:31:49,041 --> 00:31:51,281 If an object dips into fluid, 362 00:31:51,281 --> 00:31:53,201 it looses its weight and the buoyant force of this object... 363 00:31:55,121 --> 00:31:57,561 I'll show you something... Many small and wonderful things. 364 00:31:58,601 --> 00:32:00,521 Iréne, come and see! 365 00:32:01,401 --> 00:32:03,321 Here you are, all my magical products. 366 00:32:04,481 --> 00:32:07,121 Forever young thanks to Iradium. The cream with radium 367 00:32:07,121 --> 00:32:08,321 that revives your skin! 368 00:32:08,321 --> 00:32:09,161 Exactly! 369 00:32:09,161 --> 00:32:11,081 - May I open? - No, no, on no account! 370 00:32:11,081 --> 00:32:12,641 It's bloody expensive. 371 00:32:12,641 --> 00:32:13,601 "Radiante..." 372 00:32:13,601 --> 00:32:14,561 Yes. 373 00:32:14,561 --> 00:32:16,401 "Radioactive stockings for... 374 00:32:16,401 --> 00:32:18,321 ...always young and beautiful legs." 375 00:32:19,121 --> 00:32:20,361 - Here they are! - For the young! 376 00:32:20,361 --> 00:32:21,401 Young. I am sorry. 377 00:32:21,401 --> 00:32:23,441 "Tho-Radia, a revolutionary remedy for hair growth". 378 00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:24,881 Can't you read? 379 00:32:24,881 --> 00:32:26,801 Surely I can. Two, three drops are enough 380 00:32:27,561 --> 00:32:29,921 and the hair grows miraculously, thanks to the wonderful power of radium. 381 00:32:30,401 --> 00:32:33,161 - And for Madame Marie I recommend... - And this is for me! 382 00:32:33,161 --> 00:32:35,801 ...the scientific lipstick for perfect lips! 383 00:32:35,801 --> 00:32:37,041 May I? 384 00:32:38,921 --> 00:32:40,841 - I will give you a bit. - Now my turn! 385 00:32:41,081 --> 00:32:42,961 To think that my father thought my discoveries 386 00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:44,441 would be useless! 387 00:32:44,441 --> 00:32:45,961 It stings! 388 00:32:48,801 --> 00:32:50,721 Radium fleece... 389 00:32:59,321 --> 00:33:01,241 I had no idea how childish you could be. 390 00:33:03,201 --> 00:33:05,121 - Good morning! - Good morning! 391 00:33:06,561 --> 00:33:09,041 Isn't it time for math? 392 00:33:09,041 --> 00:33:09,921 No! 393 00:33:09,921 --> 00:33:11,361 We haven't finished yet. 394 00:33:40,841 --> 00:33:44,201 Dear Madame Langevin, you are always a feast for the eyes! 395 00:33:44,441 --> 00:33:46,241 Indeed, your colour. 396 00:33:47,921 --> 00:33:49,241 Madame... 397 00:33:49,241 --> 00:33:50,721 Don't you think it's highest time 398 00:33:50,721 --> 00:33:52,961 to make the merits of your husband known to the world? 399 00:33:52,961 --> 00:33:54,921 I have wanted to write about him for a long time, 400 00:33:54,921 --> 00:33:56,361 but your husband never has time. 401 00:33:56,361 --> 00:33:58,601 When my husband works, he forgets about everything else, 402 00:33:58,601 --> 00:34:00,321 sometimes even about his own wife. 403 00:34:04,601 --> 00:34:08,681 A wife always knows what's best for her husband. 404 00:34:09,641 --> 00:34:11,801 I'll also sit in front, otherwise I won't hear anything. 405 00:34:12,041 --> 00:34:13,361 Sorry. 406 00:34:13,361 --> 00:34:14,441 Thank you. 407 00:34:14,921 --> 00:34:16,241 Actually these seats are... 408 00:34:49,601 --> 00:34:51,081 A foreigner at the Sorbonne... 409 00:34:51,081 --> 00:34:53,681 And she believes she'll get such an audience's attention! 410 00:35:15,681 --> 00:35:18,401 As Pierre Curie told you in his last lecture, 411 00:35:19,721 --> 00:35:22,241 the progress made within last decade 412 00:35:22,241 --> 00:35:24,401 in the field of physics turned upside down 413 00:35:24,401 --> 00:35:27,161 our perception of electromagnetism or matter. 414 00:35:27,161 --> 00:35:30,081 As for the new discoveries in the chemistry of radioactive matter, 415 00:35:30,881 --> 00:35:32,801 we can only guess. 416 00:35:32,801 --> 00:35:35,681 It is a very special field that I call: 417 00:35:35,681 --> 00:35:38,241 "The chemistry of the imponderable". 418 00:35:38,241 --> 00:35:41,681 Till now we managed to isolate only several decigrams of radium salt, 419 00:35:41,681 --> 00:35:44,481 on which we used tons of pitchblende. 420 00:35:45,401 --> 00:35:48,401 I worked up a fractional method of acquisition of pure 421 00:35:48,401 --> 00:35:52,961 radium salts that I share with all interested labs. 422 00:35:53,801 --> 00:35:56,601 Radium has many properties which show powerful results. 423 00:35:57,881 --> 00:36:01,601 Its beams can penetrate even through several centimeters of lead... 424 00:36:06,961 --> 00:36:08,921 Not bad as for a woman, right? 425 00:36:10,641 --> 00:36:12,561 Congratulations, Marie! You showed them! 426 00:36:14,321 --> 00:36:15,801 Pierre would also be proud of you. 427 00:36:15,801 --> 00:36:17,081 Pierre was always proud of Marie, 428 00:36:17,081 --> 00:36:18,641 but he would have hated this circus today! 429 00:36:18,641 --> 00:36:22,481 Marie, how I admire you! I would have died of all the excitement. 430 00:36:22,481 --> 00:36:25,121 - Where are you going? - To the lab. 431 00:36:25,121 --> 00:36:27,561 Now? When we are drinking to your success? 432 00:36:38,321 --> 00:36:39,761 Marie! 433 00:36:45,761 --> 00:36:47,801 Don't you dare to congratulate. 434 00:36:48,761 --> 00:36:49,721 For you! 435 00:36:52,641 --> 00:36:54,161 Your preface? 436 00:36:54,521 --> 00:36:57,561 So we can send the manuscript to the publisher next week? 437 00:36:57,561 --> 00:36:58,841 That's just typical! 438 00:36:58,841 --> 00:37:00,761 You only think what is to be done. 439 00:37:03,161 --> 00:37:05,561 You were able to take this picture? 440 00:37:05,801 --> 00:37:07,601 "Eusapia, the clever magician..." 441 00:37:08,081 --> 00:37:10,361 "...who can make heavy tables fly!" 442 00:37:11,001 --> 00:37:13,281 Pierre wanted to cast light upon her mystery! 443 00:37:13,601 --> 00:37:14,921 Yeah, I know. 444 00:37:16,161 --> 00:37:17,321 Thanks, Paul. 445 00:37:22,361 --> 00:37:24,881 - Go now. Jeanne is looking for you. - Yes. 446 00:37:26,441 --> 00:37:29,081 One more thing: I'll drop my corrections on chapter 4 by next week. 447 00:37:29,081 --> 00:37:30,281 I promise. 448 00:37:30,881 --> 00:37:32,801 If you need anything, just let me know. 449 00:37:36,641 --> 00:37:38,561 Marie, congratulations! 450 00:37:47,561 --> 00:37:50,081 That would contradict all known theories. 451 00:38:43,121 --> 00:38:47,201 Life is trivial matter if you cannot think in pairs! 452 00:38:52,121 --> 00:38:54,641 It's so exciting to explore new ideas together 453 00:38:54,641 --> 00:38:56,841 that no one has yet investigated. 454 00:39:40,841 --> 00:39:44,601 The radioactivity increases, but the percentage of radium 455 00:39:44,601 --> 00:39:46,841 remains constant. 456 00:39:46,841 --> 00:39:49,161 That can't be! 457 00:39:49,161 --> 00:39:51,521 That means you can stop with the fractional crystallization. 458 00:39:53,921 --> 00:39:56,241 Want some? 459 00:39:57,201 --> 00:39:59,601 Eating supports thinking, Madame! 460 00:40:01,881 --> 00:40:03,801 Pierre always knew what to do next! 461 00:40:06,161 --> 00:40:07,961 What's going on with you? 462 00:40:08,801 --> 00:40:10,721 I am getting stupid! 463 00:40:12,281 --> 00:40:14,721 I won't make it by myself! 464 00:40:17,081 --> 00:40:18,961 Right... I am going to a coffee. 465 00:40:29,721 --> 00:40:31,401 - Good morning. - Good morning, André 466 00:40:32,481 --> 00:40:33,761 Good morning, Madame. 467 00:40:34,881 --> 00:40:36,801 Good morning. 468 00:40:40,601 --> 00:40:42,281 When can I see the patient? 469 00:40:43,961 --> 00:40:46,401 I don't want to offend you, 470 00:40:46,401 --> 00:40:48,281 but I'd rather meet him alone. 471 00:40:48,281 --> 00:40:50,801 Male patients confide better in men. 472 00:40:54,641 --> 00:40:57,281 - Same dose as usual? - Yes. 473 00:41:14,481 --> 00:41:16,241 Have you managed to sleep a little? 474 00:41:16,241 --> 00:41:17,801 I am the doctor. Go back to bed. 475 00:41:17,801 --> 00:41:20,081 In your condition you cannot take care of the children. 476 00:41:20,321 --> 00:41:23,241 Be a good girl, wake your sister and put the milk on to warm. 477 00:41:23,241 --> 00:41:25,041 I'll be down in a minute. 478 00:41:25,881 --> 00:41:27,441 See? Everything is all right! 479 00:41:27,881 --> 00:41:29,441 - For sure? - Yes! 480 00:41:52,961 --> 00:41:54,681 Excuse me... 481 00:41:55,601 --> 00:41:58,961 In order to discover something, you have to know what you're looking for. 482 00:41:59,001 --> 00:42:02,121 What I am trying to say is, that for every new hypothesis, 483 00:42:02,121 --> 00:42:04,521 the simple observation of a phenomenon is not enough. 484 00:42:04,521 --> 00:42:06,521 You also need to figure out previously an explanation. 485 00:42:06,521 --> 00:42:08,201 Are you asking me how new ideas are born? 486 00:42:08,801 --> 00:42:09,881 Yes. 487 00:42:10,881 --> 00:42:13,361 It's a very exciting question, 488 00:42:13,361 --> 00:42:16,241 but it goes far beyond the boundaries of physics. 489 00:42:19,521 --> 00:42:21,161 Like for everything else, 490 00:42:21,161 --> 00:42:23,681 you have to rely on intuition and common sense. 491 00:42:24,681 --> 00:42:27,521 Most scientific discoveries are a mixture 492 00:42:27,521 --> 00:42:29,441 of talent and coincidence. 493 00:42:33,401 --> 00:42:36,761 A good scientist needs a spirit of adventure to coax out the secrets of nature, 494 00:42:36,761 --> 00:42:38,921 and must not be afraid of his own audacity. 495 00:42:38,921 --> 00:42:41,361 Without forgetting about the necessarily methodical procedures. 496 00:42:41,921 --> 00:42:43,481 But don't worry, 497 00:42:43,481 --> 00:42:45,761 there's a spirit of adventure hidden in all of us! 498 00:42:45,761 --> 00:42:49,281 I'd like you to remember that our freedom of mind is indispensable. 499 00:42:49,281 --> 00:42:51,041 Take all measures to secure it. 500 00:42:51,441 --> 00:42:54,441 This congress is very important for the future of science. 501 00:42:55,121 --> 00:42:58,241 I assure you that this man has sincere intentions. 502 00:42:59,321 --> 00:43:02,361 Show me one industrialist that has given the eight-hour day to his workers 503 00:43:02,361 --> 00:43:04,481 without being forced to it by law. 504 00:43:05,081 --> 00:43:06,561 I don't know. 505 00:43:06,561 --> 00:43:09,681 Solvay insists on you to come, which shows his concern! 506 00:43:11,001 --> 00:43:14,441 Indeed, Marie, if one need financial support, 507 00:43:14,441 --> 00:43:17,241 one should not say no to such a generous benefactor. 508 00:43:22,841 --> 00:43:24,041 Well, it's a pity. 509 00:43:25,121 --> 00:43:26,801 I invited Albert Einstein too. 510 00:43:29,001 --> 00:43:29,961 Did he answer? 511 00:43:29,961 --> 00:43:31,481 Come and you will see. 512 00:43:38,201 --> 00:43:41,081 Can you devote me half an hour? 513 00:43:41,081 --> 00:43:42,961 I'd like to show you something. 514 00:43:43,361 --> 00:43:45,041 Certainly. 515 00:43:47,241 --> 00:43:49,121 No, turn off the light. 516 00:43:50,481 --> 00:43:52,241 I can't believe it! Success! 517 00:43:52,241 --> 00:43:54,521 Element number 88. 518 00:43:54,761 --> 00:43:56,721 Melting point by 700 Celsius degrees. 519 00:43:58,481 --> 00:44:00,401 This is it! 520 00:44:00,401 --> 00:44:03,641 One can see it and touch it. 521 00:44:04,361 --> 00:44:06,081 A bit dangerous, right? 522 00:44:06,401 --> 00:44:08,561 As fire was discovered, people burned themselves. 523 00:44:08,961 --> 00:44:12,441 But what would we do today without fire? 524 00:44:20,841 --> 00:44:23,721 But I liked the colors of the radium salts better! 525 00:44:25,841 --> 00:44:27,561 Let's go now. The drugstore closes 526 00:44:27,561 --> 00:44:30,041 I forgot to pick up Eugéne's medicine! 527 00:44:31,121 --> 00:44:33,761 - You cannot stay. - Can't I sleep here? 528 00:44:33,761 --> 00:44:34,361 No way. 529 00:44:35,241 --> 00:44:37,161 Thank you. 530 00:44:44,561 --> 00:44:48,401 Where were you? We tried to lift him up, but he is too heavy! 531 00:44:53,201 --> 00:44:55,841 - He fell down, all of a sudden. - Eugéne, dear God! 532 00:44:57,321 --> 00:45:00,881 - We must take you to the hospital! - Come. Dance with me. 533 00:45:00,881 --> 00:45:02,801 "Merry fowler I am... 534 00:45:02,801 --> 00:45:06,801 ...known in all the country, to old and young. All around the world." 535 00:45:35,481 --> 00:45:37,361 Litre... litre... 536 00:45:39,761 --> 00:45:40,521 Thank you. 537 00:45:41,241 --> 00:45:42,521 Litre of oil... 538 00:45:46,401 --> 00:45:48,321 For you. This will help you to get organized. 539 00:45:54,161 --> 00:45:56,081 I am already doing all of this. 540 00:45:58,041 --> 00:46:00,081 I am proud of you, my daughter. 541 00:46:19,841 --> 00:46:23,601 For our next lesson, please revise Binomial Distribution... 542 00:46:27,961 --> 00:46:29,681 Sorry to be late! 543 00:46:29,921 --> 00:46:32,441 No problem. Want some tea? 544 00:46:32,441 --> 00:46:34,401 Yes, please. 545 00:46:34,881 --> 00:46:37,521 Have a nice day. See you, professor Langevin. 546 00:46:41,081 --> 00:46:42,961 - André is not here? - Not yet. 547 00:46:47,441 --> 00:46:49,361 - Good morning. - Good morning. 548 00:46:49,881 --> 00:46:52,841 - How is Eugéne? - Not so good. 549 00:46:55,161 --> 00:46:57,161 I am already late. 550 00:46:58,601 --> 00:47:00,761 So you are covering for her now? 551 00:47:00,761 --> 00:47:02,681 It can't go on like this! 552 00:47:02,681 --> 00:47:04,601 Next year I send the children to normal school in Sceaux. 553 00:47:04,601 --> 00:47:06,761 But we agreed that this school cooperative 554 00:47:06,761 --> 00:47:08,601 was the best for our kids! 555 00:47:09,161 --> 00:47:11,361 Of course, but I didn't know how far you would get into it. 556 00:47:11,361 --> 00:47:12,521 She is exploiting you! 557 00:47:12,521 --> 00:47:14,081 Rubbish, we work together! 558 00:47:14,081 --> 00:47:16,401 Naturally... like all the rest... 559 00:47:16,401 --> 00:47:18,321 living in your own world... you intellectuals 560 00:47:18,321 --> 00:47:19,721 think that you know best! 561 00:47:19,721 --> 00:47:21,641 Let's get out of here... 562 00:47:23,001 --> 00:47:25,161 She may be famous scientist, but she doesn't have a clue 563 00:47:25,161 --> 00:47:26,841 about the things of real life! 564 00:47:32,681 --> 00:47:34,481 Don't bother. 565 00:48:00,921 --> 00:48:03,681 Sing! I don't want the birds to eat grandpa's wild plums! 566 00:48:14,201 --> 00:48:16,601 I saw in the program that Max Planck is going to talk 567 00:48:16,601 --> 00:48:18,881 about the contradictions of radiation theory. 568 00:48:18,881 --> 00:48:21,401 It's a pity we can't present our spectral images of Thoriums X. 569 00:48:26,921 --> 00:48:28,361 Did you see? 570 00:48:28,361 --> 00:48:31,601 - Right, I am jumping into the water. - Come on, you will catch a cold. 571 00:48:33,441 --> 00:48:35,961 It's cold, but I can't help it... 572 00:48:36,921 --> 00:48:39,401 He got mad. The water is too cold... 573 00:48:42,281 --> 00:48:43,361 It is! 574 00:48:44,681 --> 00:48:45,801 Marie! 575 00:48:48,081 --> 00:48:50,601 Albert insists on presentation. 576 00:48:50,921 --> 00:48:53,081 Albert Einstein, Marie Curie. 577 00:48:53,081 --> 00:48:55,841 Your theory of the elementary particles was very inspiring for me. 578 00:48:55,841 --> 00:48:57,761 Do you know why I agreed to take part 579 00:48:57,761 --> 00:48:59,201 in this congress? 580 00:48:59,921 --> 00:49:03,201 Only to discuss with you some of my ideas. 581 00:49:04,041 --> 00:49:07,161 Albert thinks you are the most intelligent woman he ever met. 582 00:49:07,881 --> 00:49:09,801 Well, the competition is rather limited. 583 00:49:09,801 --> 00:49:11,561 Does that scare you? 584 00:49:12,401 --> 00:49:13,241 Of course. 585 00:49:13,241 --> 00:49:14,681 You're the best under the women. 586 00:49:14,681 --> 00:49:16,361 Amongst men as well. 587 00:49:21,081 --> 00:49:22,041 I love fresh air. 588 00:49:22,041 --> 00:49:24,281 Walking stirs up thinking, right? 589 00:49:24,281 --> 00:49:26,201 Oh yes, and the sea air. 590 00:49:26,201 --> 00:49:28,841 It's very brave, the postulation of the existence of quanta of light. 591 00:49:28,841 --> 00:49:30,961 Without risk there wouldn't be any progress in physics. 592 00:49:31,721 --> 00:49:33,641 Splendid your "Treaty on Radioactivity"! 593 00:49:33,641 --> 00:49:35,561 Madame Curie! 594 00:49:36,441 --> 00:49:38,681 Without doubt a tremendous piece of work! 595 00:49:38,681 --> 00:49:40,841 But at the pace science is progressing these days, 596 00:49:40,841 --> 00:49:42,441 aren't you afraid that it'll be soon outdated? 597 00:49:42,961 --> 00:49:44,921 You look like someone who is afraid of missing something. 598 00:49:45,161 --> 00:49:46,281 I always take notes. 599 00:49:46,281 --> 00:49:48,201 My note book is my alter ego, mister Einstein. 600 00:49:48,921 --> 00:49:50,841 You never know, a new idea could pop up anywhere. 601 00:49:50,841 --> 00:49:52,761 You certainly know what I mean? 602 00:49:54,041 --> 00:49:56,321 No, I have very seldom "a new idea". 603 00:49:58,841 --> 00:50:01,241 Madame Curie can laugh!? 604 00:50:01,241 --> 00:50:04,241 You have no idea how the magic of the smile on your face works! 605 00:50:04,721 --> 00:50:06,441 I know! Write. 606 00:50:07,521 --> 00:50:09,561 Unusual discovery: 607 00:50:09,561 --> 00:50:11,921 "Madame Curie is able to laugh". 608 00:50:16,641 --> 00:50:19,841 Currently it seems that the key to radioactivity 609 00:50:19,841 --> 00:50:22,401 is to be found in the mere nature of the atom. 610 00:50:22,401 --> 00:50:24,921 I can even say that it has its origins 611 00:50:24,921 --> 00:50:27,521 in regions which are so deep inside the atom 612 00:50:28,401 --> 00:50:30,321 that you can only have access to them 613 00:50:30,321 --> 00:50:33,641 when an atomic explosion occurs. 614 00:50:34,521 --> 00:50:37,121 Gentlemen, I hope that our research 615 00:50:37,121 --> 00:50:39,761 will only serve peaceful purposes. 616 00:50:40,161 --> 00:50:43,121 Just like radium cancer therapy, which already saved many people. 617 00:50:43,961 --> 00:50:46,361 He who, like us, is interested in the origins of life, 618 00:50:47,201 --> 00:50:49,121 must protect that life at any price. 619 00:50:49,121 --> 00:50:52,721 Altruism and integrity are essential elements of our work. 620 00:50:53,441 --> 00:50:55,361 Gentlemen, thank you for your attention. 621 00:50:57,281 --> 00:50:58,281 Thank you very much, Madame Curie. 622 00:51:00,521 --> 00:51:02,081 I fully agree with you. 623 00:51:03,041 --> 00:51:04,961 Physicists like ourselves work with enthusiasm 624 00:51:05,961 --> 00:51:08,561 to unearth the mysteries of the universe. 625 00:51:09,081 --> 00:51:11,441 But from a global point of view, 626 00:51:11,441 --> 00:51:13,961 philosophers will have the final word. 627 00:51:15,281 --> 00:51:17,201 I am convinced that this meeting 628 00:51:17,201 --> 00:51:20,801 will play a remarkable role in the history of science. 629 00:51:22,121 --> 00:51:24,161 Will it soon be possible to unite 630 00:51:24,161 --> 00:51:26,481 radioactivity, quantum and gravitation theories 631 00:51:26,481 --> 00:51:30,041 in a new theory of physics and chemistry? 632 00:51:30,961 --> 00:51:35,321 Madame, Gentlemen, I am counting on you, our work continues. 633 00:51:43,361 --> 00:51:47,121 This woman is ice cold, 634 00:51:47,121 --> 00:51:49,481 but... fuckable. 635 00:51:49,481 --> 00:51:52,481 Your wording is as low level as your researches, professor. 636 00:51:53,681 --> 00:51:55,841 The radiated warmth comes from the kinetic energy 637 00:51:55,841 --> 00:51:57,761 of the Beta- and Gamma rays. 638 00:51:59,201 --> 00:52:01,121 You should apply your calculations to 639 00:52:01,121 --> 00:52:03,041 one single electron in a magnetic field. 640 00:52:04,281 --> 00:52:06,641 But assuming that the emission of the energy particle 641 00:52:06,641 --> 00:52:09,521 is spontaneous, means Maxwell's equation is no longer valid. 642 00:52:09,521 --> 00:52:11,681 Right! We would have to prove that the quantum hypotheses 643 00:52:11,681 --> 00:52:12,961 is a theory in itself. 644 00:52:12,961 --> 00:52:16,721 For that, we must first prove the equivalence of all systems of reference. 645 00:52:16,721 --> 00:52:20,721 And how should we decide on which principles we can retain? 646 00:52:21,281 --> 00:52:23,921 That's the most important question! 647 00:52:24,521 --> 00:52:26,681 That was a compliment. 648 00:52:28,521 --> 00:52:30,321 I wonder why we always 649 00:52:30,321 --> 00:52:32,921 have to take our work so damn seriously. 650 00:52:33,961 --> 00:52:37,481 Who are we doing it for? For the love of mankind? 651 00:52:37,481 --> 00:52:40,641 - Aren't you doing it for the posterity? - What about you?! 652 00:52:41,681 --> 00:52:44,001 Fine! I am a real bore with glasses... 653 00:52:44,601 --> 00:52:47,201 Well, without glasses, but a bore nonetheless! 654 00:52:48,561 --> 00:52:51,681 - Come with us to eat? - Oh, yes. I am hungry too. 655 00:53:23,081 --> 00:53:24,641 We are going to miss the dinner! 656 00:53:25,121 --> 00:53:27,681 Still hungry? After all we swallowed today? 657 00:53:30,401 --> 00:53:32,321 I'm always hungry. 658 00:53:41,921 --> 00:53:43,481 Are you glad to be here? 659 00:53:47,121 --> 00:53:49,161 The reports were very interesting. 660 00:53:50,801 --> 00:53:55,601 - And Einstein is... - Albert - A Curie admirer! 661 00:53:59,841 --> 00:54:01,641 What? 662 00:54:01,641 --> 00:54:04,401 Nothing. You make me laugh. 663 00:54:11,361 --> 00:54:12,881 Shall we go swimming? 664 00:54:12,881 --> 00:54:14,361 - Now? - Yes. 665 00:54:38,681 --> 00:54:40,761 It's ice cold! 666 00:54:42,041 --> 00:54:43,601 It's awful! 667 00:54:48,961 --> 00:54:51,801 - I can't feel my heart anymore! - Well, that's a shame! 668 00:55:33,961 --> 00:55:35,921 Dear Madame, Gentlemen... 669 00:55:40,961 --> 00:55:44,201 - Wait, André... allow me. - Welcome. 670 00:55:53,721 --> 00:55:56,201 Your statements on quanta are very brave... 671 00:55:56,201 --> 00:55:56,841 Thank you. 672 00:55:56,841 --> 00:55:58,121 ...but not complete. 673 00:55:58,121 --> 00:56:00,161 Here you are. 674 00:56:00,161 --> 00:56:03,521 Maybe this reading will inspire you. 675 00:56:08,481 --> 00:56:11,321 So I wish you a nice afternoon. And perseverance, ladies. 676 00:56:12,961 --> 00:56:14,681 Goodbye. 677 00:56:16,241 --> 00:56:19,521 - What happened? - Are you ashamed of me? 678 00:56:20,001 --> 00:56:21,921 What are you talking about? 679 00:56:23,601 --> 00:56:26,081 You came all the way to tell such foolishness. 680 00:56:29,441 --> 00:56:31,961 And if I wanted to talk with you about your work? 681 00:56:32,361 --> 00:56:34,281 You are very welcome. What exactly? 682 00:56:34,281 --> 00:56:36,881 Maybe about "Kinetic theory of magnetism and magnetons"? 683 00:56:40,961 --> 00:56:44,201 20.000 franks. They offer you 20.000 per year 684 00:56:44,201 --> 00:56:46,761 and you reject the offer without consulting me?! 685 00:56:46,761 --> 00:56:49,601 I don't want to work in industry. I'm a scientist, not a flunky! 686 00:56:50,441 --> 00:56:52,361 Besides it's none of your business. 687 00:56:52,361 --> 00:56:54,761 So if you allow me, my students are waiting. 688 00:56:56,801 --> 00:56:59,681 I cook twice a day for six people. I work hard day and night. 689 00:56:59,681 --> 00:57:02,321 All alone, as we cannot afford a maid. 690 00:57:02,921 --> 00:57:04,841 I sew clothes myself, 691 00:57:04,841 --> 00:57:07,881 using second hand rags. And you tell me it's none of my business?! 692 00:57:07,881 --> 00:57:11,201 Ah yes, you are a scientist, that doesn't interest you! 693 00:57:11,561 --> 00:57:13,481 Don't forget you are also a father. 694 00:57:13,481 --> 00:57:15,041 Stop it! The kids are fine! 695 00:57:15,041 --> 00:57:17,081 Whose merit is it? Whose? 696 00:57:17,081 --> 00:57:18,961 Leave me alone! 697 00:57:24,281 --> 00:57:26,681 Get out of here, Jeanne. You are of no use. 698 00:57:28,721 --> 00:57:31,521 Of course. Go on living on with your head up in the sky. 699 00:57:31,521 --> 00:57:34,241 Your children and I have to survive in the real world! 700 00:57:40,841 --> 00:57:41,681 Jeanne? 701 00:57:43,481 --> 00:57:44,921 Come back tomorrow. 702 00:57:58,481 --> 00:57:59,561 Madame Curie. 703 00:58:06,281 --> 00:58:08,201 - Paul! - Come with me. 704 00:58:14,681 --> 00:58:17,841 Want some coffee? A glass of wine perhaps? 705 00:58:20,121 --> 00:58:22,041 - Do you have a glass of water? - Yes. 706 00:58:31,401 --> 00:58:33,321 - Thanks. - Welcome. 707 00:58:40,121 --> 00:58:44,001 - So, this is your hideaway. - Yes. For slightly above a year now. 708 00:58:44,841 --> 00:58:47,201 I would have gone crazy otherwise. 709 00:59:44,601 --> 00:59:47,241 Mania. 710 00:59:51,761 --> 00:59:55,721 How smooth is your skin, Mania. 711 00:59:56,561 --> 00:59:58,481 Stay a bit longer. 712 01:00:07,121 --> 01:00:09,561 I never thought I would be capable of that anymore. 713 01:00:11,081 --> 01:00:12,521 Of what? 714 01:00:13,241 --> 01:00:14,441 Of intimacy. 715 01:00:16,481 --> 01:00:17,561 With a stranger. 716 01:00:19,841 --> 01:00:22,241 Am I a stranger? 717 01:00:23,361 --> 01:00:25,281 It's beautiful what you write about Pierre. 718 01:02:42,041 --> 01:02:44,121 The piano must be tuned. 719 01:02:44,121 --> 01:02:46,041 Oh, a beam of sunlight! 720 01:02:53,361 --> 01:02:56,721 - What? Too frivolous? - Not at all! On the contrary. 721 01:02:56,721 --> 01:02:58,641 You are beaming. 722 01:02:59,841 --> 01:03:03,281 Stay a little more with us. Don't go back to Poland. 723 01:03:03,281 --> 01:03:05,841 Do you really still need me? 724 01:03:06,561 --> 01:03:09,041 Everything is nicer if you're here. 725 01:03:09,041 --> 01:03:12,681 How to calculate a square root of the polynomial? 726 01:03:13,601 --> 01:03:14,561 I forgot the rule. 727 01:03:16,121 --> 01:03:17,361 It's too complicated for me. 728 01:03:18,961 --> 01:03:20,441 I'll show you. 729 01:03:28,841 --> 01:03:31,481 Your lack of concern terrifies me. 730 01:03:31,481 --> 01:03:32,921 Why? 731 01:03:32,921 --> 01:03:35,121 A married man, Marie. 732 01:03:43,521 --> 01:03:46,601 Paul is unhappy with Jeanne. Everybody knows about it. 733 01:03:46,601 --> 01:03:48,201 Don't be naive. 734 01:03:48,201 --> 01:03:50,121 - Paul will never be Pierre. - I know! 735 01:03:50,121 --> 01:03:52,841 You know nothing about the suffering of a betrayed woman! 736 01:03:56,561 --> 01:04:00,801 Pierre applied twice, before they accepted him. 737 01:04:00,801 --> 01:04:02,601 You will know how to convince them. 738 01:04:02,601 --> 01:04:04,281 Come back to reality! 739 01:04:04,281 --> 01:04:06,521 They'll never accept a dirty Pole in the French Academy! 740 01:04:06,521 --> 01:04:09,881 You have done for France much more than all those so called patriots together! 741 01:04:09,881 --> 01:04:12,961 All these behind-the-scenes political intrigues, 742 01:04:14,841 --> 01:04:16,761 I am not made for this. 743 01:04:21,761 --> 01:04:23,921 Madame Curie? 744 01:04:24,801 --> 01:04:29,121 This letter and flowers I have to deliver to your very hands. 745 01:04:30,441 --> 01:04:31,841 How beautiful. 746 01:04:31,841 --> 01:04:34,521 - Yes. Have a nice day. - Thanks! 747 01:04:49,121 --> 01:04:51,521 You will succeed, if you confront them. 748 01:04:53,681 --> 01:04:55,161 That's for sure. 749 01:05:22,401 --> 01:05:24,321 Hmm, delicious! 750 01:05:27,521 --> 01:05:29,441 Enough, enough about work. 751 01:05:32,081 --> 01:05:33,081 Try. 752 01:05:40,641 --> 01:05:42,041 Not bad... 753 01:05:42,961 --> 01:05:45,321 And here I have wild plums from my garden. 754 01:05:50,801 --> 01:05:53,081 Yummy... Very much. 755 01:05:53,801 --> 01:05:55,841 It will perfectly combine with Camembert. 756 01:06:01,121 --> 01:06:03,041 Here you are. 757 01:06:04,961 --> 01:06:07,401 Do you cook for your kids too? 758 01:06:09,041 --> 01:06:11,441 My kids prefer simpler food. 759 01:06:13,121 --> 01:06:16,401 It would be great if we could go and have a picnic all together. 760 01:06:19,641 --> 01:06:20,921 I love you... 761 01:06:23,321 --> 01:06:26,681 My beaming radium queen. 762 01:06:29,121 --> 01:06:31,601 And soon the first woman in French Academy of Science. 763 01:06:32,721 --> 01:06:35,241 And this is building up your vanity! 764 01:06:35,241 --> 01:06:37,841 You have turned heads of so many ladies that the only trick 765 01:06:37,841 --> 01:06:39,761 to make myself noticeable is the Academy of Science. 766 01:06:53,921 --> 01:06:55,841 Are you coming back to your Polish whore? 767 01:06:56,241 --> 01:06:59,121 - Stop it, you will wake up the children. - The children are at Perrins! 768 01:06:59,121 --> 01:07:02,081 I could scream out my lungs: that woman is destroying my family! 769 01:07:03,401 --> 01:07:05,921 Your family? You are just destroying it yourself. 770 01:07:06,281 --> 01:07:09,041 You lying, repulsive coward! 771 01:07:09,641 --> 01:07:12,961 How dare you, Paul, to come back all messed up! 772 01:07:12,961 --> 01:07:13,641 Paul! 773 01:07:13,641 --> 01:07:14,561 What a waste. 774 01:07:18,961 --> 01:07:19,601 Look at me! 775 01:07:19,601 --> 01:07:21,521 I have had enough! 776 01:07:22,481 --> 01:07:23,961 I... 777 01:07:23,961 --> 01:07:24,761 Look at me. 778 01:07:26,321 --> 01:07:27,641 Go to sleep! 779 01:07:29,681 --> 01:07:31,601 Paul! No! 780 01:07:56,601 --> 01:07:59,761 Your candidacy is a great honor for the Academy. 781 01:07:59,761 --> 01:08:03,841 With the Curie therapy you can heal an early discovered cancer. 782 01:08:05,681 --> 01:08:08,401 But the objective is to heal all of the patients. 783 01:08:08,401 --> 01:08:11,401 I could be so much more efficient within an Institute of Radium 784 01:08:11,401 --> 01:08:14,401 where researchers would work side by side with doctors. 785 01:08:15,521 --> 01:08:17,761 You will get your institute, Madame. Sure. 786 01:08:17,761 --> 01:08:20,401 Your rival, Monsieur Branly, 787 01:08:20,401 --> 01:08:22,321 can't hold a candle to you 788 01:08:24,041 --> 01:08:26,881 in terms of international reputation. He operates... 789 01:08:26,881 --> 01:08:28,801 Can I count on your support then? 790 01:08:30,281 --> 01:08:31,681 May I? 791 01:08:31,681 --> 01:08:38,041 Although emancipation lures us into unknown realms, 792 01:08:38,041 --> 01:08:42,961 I can hardly imagine offering you a cigar. 793 01:08:48,401 --> 01:08:51,161 A woman like you has the world at her feet. 794 01:08:58,201 --> 01:09:01,721 Have I already shown you my Chinese room? 795 01:09:01,721 --> 01:09:04,601 It used to belong to Count von Satur. 796 01:09:05,761 --> 01:09:07,681 Would you like to? - It's a real treasure. 797 01:09:15,601 --> 01:09:17,521 Are you coming from Rue Banquier? 798 01:09:24,641 --> 01:09:26,761 Paris is a village, my dear. 799 01:09:28,361 --> 01:09:30,961 Forgive me, I've had a long day. 800 01:09:30,961 --> 01:09:32,641 Don't play the innocent! 801 01:09:34,241 --> 01:09:36,161 It's not me that is your problem. 802 01:09:36,961 --> 01:09:39,481 I was there for you when Pierre died, 803 01:09:39,481 --> 01:09:43,321 I cared for your kids as if they were my own. Is that the gratitude I get? 804 01:09:43,321 --> 01:09:46,201 - I will do the same for your children. - Don't you dare to talk about my children! 805 01:09:46,201 --> 01:09:47,921 You've lost all trace of decency! 806 01:09:47,921 --> 01:09:48,961 Look at yourself! 807 01:09:49,441 --> 01:09:51,961 Even dressed in silk, you are nothing but a miserable laboratory rat! 808 01:09:52,201 --> 01:09:53,641 Who cares what you think... 809 01:09:54,241 --> 01:09:56,561 You are not the first to be seduced! 810 01:09:56,561 --> 01:09:59,201 And you won't be the last. But he always comes back to me! 811 01:10:00,401 --> 01:10:02,881 Paul is my life! 812 01:10:03,641 --> 01:10:06,121 I'll kill you, if you take him away from me! 813 01:10:23,401 --> 01:10:25,321 Marie, it's me! It's me! 814 01:10:30,641 --> 01:10:32,201 What happened? 815 01:10:32,201 --> 01:10:35,681 Nothing, I hit myself, careless stupid. Must have been distracted. 816 01:10:40,241 --> 01:10:41,921 You smell divine. 817 01:10:47,321 --> 01:10:49,321 Jeanne threatened me with a knife. 818 01:10:49,841 --> 01:10:51,761 Oh, no! Damn it! 819 01:10:53,321 --> 01:10:55,681 She's so often suspected me, calling me all kinds of names, 820 01:10:56,161 --> 01:10:58,081 and two days later she's forgotten it all! 821 01:11:07,801 --> 01:11:09,001 What you are to me 822 01:11:10,201 --> 01:11:12,121 no other woman can ever be. 823 01:11:36,161 --> 01:11:38,561 You don't have to be afraid of Jeanne. 824 01:11:40,721 --> 01:11:42,601 I am not afraid of your wife. 825 01:11:45,521 --> 01:11:48,601 I am not sure if I understand correctly your expectations. 826 01:11:50,801 --> 01:11:53,321 Just write the truth. 827 01:11:53,321 --> 01:11:56,801 Aren't you the one who says loud what others prefer to hide? 828 01:11:57,281 --> 01:11:59,321 Why should I believe you? 829 01:12:00,161 --> 01:12:02,521 A mother of four can depend on her instincts. 830 01:12:03,361 --> 01:12:05,281 Wounded feelings are very bad advisors. 831 01:12:06,001 --> 01:12:07,921 Especially, if it comes to a public person. 832 01:12:07,921 --> 01:12:10,961 Don't you think that the French people will want to know that the State is about 833 01:12:10,961 --> 01:12:13,841 to bestow the greatest honors onto an adulterous woman? 834 01:12:14,401 --> 01:12:16,681 - A Jewish adulteress. - Jewish? 835 01:12:16,681 --> 01:12:18,961 She is not Jewish, as far as I know. If you want to fight, 836 01:12:18,961 --> 01:12:22,681 you must offer a bit more than her supposed Jewish roots. 837 01:12:23,521 --> 01:12:25,441 We are deeply grateful, Madame. 838 01:12:26,201 --> 01:12:30,761 Thanks to Mr. Solvay's and your help we can at last equip our laboratory. 839 01:12:30,761 --> 01:12:33,001 Solvay is a great supporter of the Curie therapy. 840 01:12:33,641 --> 01:12:35,401 And so am I. 841 01:12:35,761 --> 01:12:37,681 Flowers seem to like you. 842 01:12:37,681 --> 01:12:40,121 - Thank you. - See you next Tuesday! 843 01:12:43,361 --> 01:12:46,241 Antoine, the new applicators will arrive next week. 844 01:12:46,241 --> 01:12:47,201 Fantastic. 845 01:13:02,801 --> 01:13:04,721 The structure has vividly changed. 846 01:13:04,721 --> 01:13:08,281 How can you tell about radioactivity as if it was some trifle? 847 01:13:08,281 --> 01:13:10,441 We all know perfectly that Madame Curie 848 01:13:10,441 --> 01:13:13,121 could never have come to such results on her own! 849 01:13:13,721 --> 01:13:16,081 No woman could have. 850 01:13:16,081 --> 01:13:17,401 This woman is a visionary! 851 01:13:17,401 --> 01:13:21,121 Excessively ambitious is more appropriate. 852 01:13:21,721 --> 01:13:25,081 What has she done since her husband died? 853 01:13:25,361 --> 01:13:29,281 She has only published results based in their joint work. 854 01:13:29,281 --> 01:13:32,641 She will see to it that the name Pierre Curie 855 01:13:32,641 --> 01:13:34,561 is completely forgotten. 856 01:13:34,561 --> 01:13:37,801 Women now hunger for fame and fortune as well. 857 01:13:37,801 --> 01:13:41,041 Which Madame and her deceased husband have had more than enough! 858 01:13:41,041 --> 01:13:41,961 Did you read this? 859 01:13:42,001 --> 01:13:44,401 What she achieved for the research against cancer 860 01:13:44,401 --> 01:13:46,321 is unique in the world! 861 01:13:46,321 --> 01:13:49,361 A seat in the Academy is not hereditary! 862 01:13:49,361 --> 01:13:52,241 Do you want your grandchildren to ask you 863 01:13:52,241 --> 01:13:56,761 why you weakened in front of a woman? 864 01:13:58,801 --> 01:14:00,841 Quiet, gentlemen! 865 01:14:02,321 --> 01:14:04,241 We can proceed to vote. 866 01:14:04,441 --> 01:14:06,361 I remind you that a simple majority wins. 867 01:14:06,361 --> 01:14:08,201 I can count on you? 868 01:14:08,201 --> 01:14:10,801 Naturally. May she give her candidacy in London 869 01:14:10,801 --> 01:14:12,521 - she is such a genius. 870 01:14:12,961 --> 01:14:14,881 Or go straight back to Warsaw! 871 01:14:14,881 --> 01:14:16,801 Her choice. 872 01:14:17,161 --> 01:14:23,281 Gentlemen, this is a historical opportunity. Don't miss it! 873 01:14:24,841 --> 01:14:26,761 Bravo, very eloquent. 874 01:14:43,441 --> 01:14:45,361 Madame Curie: twenty eight, 875 01:14:45,361 --> 01:14:48,521 Monsieur Branly: thirty. 876 01:14:49,081 --> 01:14:52,321 I'd have been delighted to give my vote to you, but... 877 01:15:04,081 --> 01:15:06,641 I prefer not to think how much time I wasted on this. 878 01:15:07,561 --> 01:15:09,961 - Can you pick up Iréne? - Of course. And you? 879 01:15:09,961 --> 01:15:11,881 - Where are you going? - See you at home. 880 01:15:12,641 --> 01:15:14,561 Mania! 881 01:15:16,481 --> 01:15:18,401 You don't know how sorry I am, Marie. 882 01:15:18,401 --> 01:15:21,041 - Where are our letters? - What? 883 01:15:25,361 --> 01:15:27,241 Jeanne knows that we meet here. 884 01:15:27,241 --> 01:15:29,441 Are you sure that you did not hide them in some other place? 885 01:15:29,441 --> 01:15:30,881 What are you going to do now? 886 01:15:31,961 --> 01:15:34,481 - I'll get them back. - And that's it'? 887 01:15:36,001 --> 01:15:38,081 What else are you expecting? 888 01:15:39,721 --> 01:15:41,641 Is it my fault? 889 01:15:41,641 --> 01:15:42,961 You always leave yours keys everywhere. 890 01:15:42,961 --> 01:15:45,361 Even if Jeanne knows that we meet here, I would never think that... 891 01:15:45,361 --> 01:15:47,441 Stop it, it's pathetic! 892 01:15:47,441 --> 01:15:48,721 Wait! Marie. 893 01:15:48,721 --> 01:15:50,281 Marie. I'll talk to her. I'll get our letters back... 894 01:15:50,281 --> 01:15:52,801 I am sick of thinking that she interfered in our intimacy. 895 01:15:53,401 --> 01:15:55,321 We both knew what we were going into. 896 01:15:57,481 --> 01:15:59,401 Did we? Really? 897 01:16:00,361 --> 01:16:02,281 Marie! Marie! 898 01:16:04,361 --> 01:16:07,561 Where were you? Hurry up, we have a visitor. 899 01:16:07,561 --> 01:16:09,481 - At this hour? - Come here at last, Mania. 900 01:16:18,961 --> 01:16:21,721 Allow me to introduce myself, August Gyldenstolpe: 901 01:16:21,721 --> 01:16:24,041 Swedish ambassador to France. 902 01:16:24,041 --> 01:16:26,921 I have belonged for a long time to the circle of your greatest admirers. 903 01:16:26,921 --> 01:16:30,121 And today I have the honour of presenting you some wonderful news. 904 01:16:30,121 --> 01:16:34,441 The Nobel Committee decided to award you with this years's Prize for chemistry. 905 01:16:34,441 --> 01:16:38,041 Marie! Nobody until now has been awarded Nobel twice! 906 01:16:38,041 --> 01:16:39,601 Nobody! 907 01:16:42,601 --> 01:16:44,521 You are the first one! 908 01:16:45,601 --> 01:16:47,881 Will you forgive me. 909 01:16:50,041 --> 01:16:52,681 I must share the news with my daughters immediately. 910 01:16:52,681 --> 01:16:54,601 Of course. 911 01:17:15,161 --> 01:17:17,761 Mum? There are journalists waiting in front of the house. 912 01:17:17,761 --> 01:17:19,681 How can they know so quickly? 913 01:17:30,121 --> 01:17:32,041 Dress up. I'll be in a minute. 914 01:17:43,681 --> 01:17:47,561 Now they are making a Jew out of you. 915 01:17:48,241 --> 01:17:50,161 Trust me, nobody will have mercy with you! 916 01:17:54,641 --> 01:17:56,281 You must abandon him. 917 01:17:58,921 --> 01:18:01,081 I haven't done anything that I should be ashamed of. 918 01:18:01,081 --> 01:18:03,161 Do you want to destroy the work of your life? 919 01:18:06,401 --> 01:18:07,681 Where are you going? 920 01:18:07,681 --> 01:18:09,601 My distillation can't wait. 921 01:18:10,561 --> 01:18:12,481 Madame Curie! Madame Curie! Here! 922 01:18:12,481 --> 01:18:14,401 One question, please, Madame Curie! 923 01:18:15,721 --> 01:18:19,241 Is it true that you will force professor Langevin to leave his wife? 924 01:18:19,241 --> 01:18:21,161 How long have you been having the affair?! 925 01:18:23,921 --> 01:18:25,681 You are destroying family values! 926 01:18:25,921 --> 01:18:27,041 Are you Jewish? 927 01:18:35,081 --> 01:18:37,961 Say that you didn't do it?! Say that the press is lying! 928 01:18:38,881 --> 01:18:41,881 - You better help me! - They will raise hell here! 929 01:18:48,041 --> 01:18:50,641 - We have a lot of work to do. - Work... 930 01:18:51,521 --> 01:18:53,881 While everybody is talking about your love affair? 931 01:18:55,561 --> 01:18:57,481 Paul asked me to be his second. 932 01:18:57,881 --> 01:18:59,321 He challenged Gustave Téry. 933 01:18:59,321 --> 01:19:01,081 No, not this! 934 01:19:01,361 --> 01:19:03,481 We are to meet tomorrow in Vincennes. 935 01:19:03,721 --> 01:19:06,961 We can't allow this! What else do you know? 936 01:19:10,801 --> 01:19:12,721 André?! 937 01:19:21,601 --> 01:19:23,521 You can't do this, Paul! 938 01:19:23,521 --> 01:19:25,441 I don't control anything anymore! 939 01:19:25,441 --> 01:19:27,361 Not if you leave your wife at last. 940 01:19:27,361 --> 01:19:30,161 - She'll demand custody of the children. - Agree then. 941 01:19:30,481 --> 01:19:32,401 That will put an end to her blackmail! 942 01:19:32,401 --> 01:19:35,041 And we will find a way for you to see your children as now. 943 01:19:35,041 --> 01:19:35,641 - No, no, no. 944 01:19:35,641 --> 01:19:38,881 - Jeanne will never agree to this. - Learn to fight for your rights. 945 01:19:39,361 --> 01:19:41,281 You need no gun to do this! 946 01:19:41,881 --> 01:19:46,361 We will sue her for theft, defamation and privacy violation! 947 01:19:46,361 --> 01:19:47,041 Marie. 948 01:19:47,401 --> 01:19:50,961 But I can't publicly drag the mother of my children to the courts. 949 01:19:51,001 --> 01:19:53,041 She threatened to kill me. 950 01:19:53,041 --> 01:19:55,721 Your wife always used you for her advantage. 951 01:19:59,321 --> 01:20:02,961 I don't mean living together straight away, we'll have to wait until... 952 01:20:03,001 --> 01:20:06,361 Until what? Until I become more like Pierre? 953 01:20:15,001 --> 01:20:18,361 You are afraid of divorce, but you are not afraid of playing with death? 954 01:20:18,881 --> 01:20:20,801 It's a matter of honour, Marie. 955 01:20:22,361 --> 01:20:24,281 Trivial matter, Paul. 956 01:20:24,281 --> 01:20:26,281 Don't talk about something you can't understand. 957 01:20:26,281 --> 01:20:27,281 Go away from there. 958 01:20:41,441 --> 01:20:44,921 What you are for me no other woman can become, never. 959 01:20:45,761 --> 01:20:48,601 Say you didn't do it?! Say the press is lying! 960 01:20:49,561 --> 01:20:52,921 Marie, we will get crazy if we are not able to live as we like. 961 01:20:52,921 --> 01:20:54,481 Mum! 962 01:20:54,481 --> 01:20:57,481 Don't be naive. Paul will never be Pierre. 963 01:20:58,601 --> 01:21:01,121 Life is so trivial if you can not think together. 964 01:21:01,121 --> 01:21:03,041 Tomorrow at dawn in Vincennes Groove. 965 01:21:03,041 --> 01:21:04,961 We can not allow this! 966 01:21:04,961 --> 01:21:06,881 This is a matter of honour. 967 01:21:19,841 --> 01:21:21,761 Go on! I will tell you where to stop. 968 01:21:45,481 --> 01:21:49,321 Oh, Mum I thought you were dead! 969 01:21:50,641 --> 01:21:53,161 I am sorry Iréne, I am so sorry. 970 01:21:53,161 --> 01:21:57,241 Who are this people outside? Why are they calling you names? 971 01:21:58,601 --> 01:22:00,521 I am, I am already now. 972 01:22:09,521 --> 01:22:11,441 Time to go to sleep. 973 01:22:12,721 --> 01:22:16,081 We will manage, Marie. We will survive this. 974 01:22:44,561 --> 01:22:46,481 Gentlemen, shake your hands. 975 01:23:01,921 --> 01:23:05,761 Ten, nine, eight... 976 01:23:22,921 --> 01:23:26,281 I shall not deprive France of one of its most eminent minds! 977 01:23:26,281 --> 01:23:29,641 Don't offend me, please! Shoot! 978 01:23:34,721 --> 01:23:36,641 Long live France and its scientists! 979 01:23:37,441 --> 01:23:39,361 Paul! Stop it! 980 01:23:40,321 --> 01:23:42,241 Move along! Move along, everybody! 981 01:24:39,001 --> 01:24:41,801 What would I do without you? 982 01:24:55,841 --> 01:24:57,761 I don't want to hide anymore. 983 01:25:21,841 --> 01:25:24,841 I don't understand why Langevin challenged Téry 984 01:25:24,841 --> 01:25:27,961 to a duel if the accusations were groundless. 985 01:25:29,161 --> 01:25:31,081 All this mess around your person has put 986 01:25:31,081 --> 01:25:33,041 the Swedish Academy of Science in a difficult position. 987 01:25:33,041 --> 01:25:35,161 We prepared an announcement in which you declare, 988 01:25:35,161 --> 01:25:37,481 that you voluntarily renounce the Nobel Prize. 989 01:25:37,481 --> 01:25:40,801 At least until this story with Langevin is settled. 990 01:25:40,801 --> 01:25:43,801 This is the most elegant outcome in this situation. For everybody. 991 01:25:44,281 --> 01:25:46,721 The Prize was given to me for my radium discovery. 992 01:25:47,561 --> 01:25:49,481 A scientist's achievements has nothing to do 993 01:25:49,481 --> 01:25:51,401 with his private life. 994 01:25:51,401 --> 01:25:55,241 The European press writes for weeks only about your moral indecency. 995 01:25:55,241 --> 01:25:57,361 Only because I am a woman. 996 01:25:58,201 --> 01:26:01,561 If you want to exclude every male scientist who has had some love affair, 997 01:26:02,561 --> 01:26:05,161 you will be left with nobody to give the Nobel Prize to. 998 01:26:05,761 --> 01:26:09,481 Since I can't count on your cooperation, 999 01:26:09,481 --> 01:26:11,961 and considering the amplitude of the scandal, 1000 01:26:12,001 --> 01:26:15,041 I have no other choice, but to forbid you to travel to Stockholm. 1001 01:26:24,721 --> 01:26:26,641 Must we really part with him? 1002 01:26:27,841 --> 01:26:31,601 The element 88 is, since today, property of the world! 1003 01:26:38,281 --> 01:26:40,561 I would have never managed without your help, Andree! 1004 01:26:45,041 --> 01:26:46,961 In case something happened to me, 1005 01:26:46,961 --> 01:26:49,561 I must be assured that nothing will be lost. 1006 01:26:49,561 --> 01:26:51,481 What are you talking about? 1007 01:26:52,361 --> 01:26:54,281 Here is a full list of our samples, 1008 01:26:55,121 --> 01:26:57,401 plus my instructions. 1009 01:26:58,721 --> 01:27:00,721 It's everything you should know. 1010 01:27:04,241 --> 01:27:06,161 Marie, you will outlive us all! 1011 01:27:38,321 --> 01:27:40,721 What will you tell your grandchildren, gentlemen, 1012 01:27:40,721 --> 01:27:43,081 when they one day ask you how could have been so blind? 1013 01:27:47,681 --> 01:27:50,561 Thanks to my isolation... 1014 01:28:02,201 --> 01:28:04,841 Full of contradictions... 1015 01:28:06,721 --> 01:28:09,241 Incalculable chemistry... 1016 01:28:20,881 --> 01:28:22,801 Flowers for Madame. 1017 01:29:02,441 --> 01:29:04,321 Leave me alone! 1018 01:29:13,361 --> 01:29:15,601 Madame. Mademoiselle. 1019 01:29:17,761 --> 01:29:21,281 Here is a miserable fool, standing before you with his mind limited 1020 01:29:21,281 --> 01:29:23,681 by the ideas of previous century. 1021 01:29:24,161 --> 01:29:26,521 Madame, please accept my apology! 1022 01:29:27,521 --> 01:29:29,761 Everyone should act according to their convictions. 1023 01:29:29,761 --> 01:29:31,361 Good luck, Madame. 1024 01:29:31,961 --> 01:29:33,881 If you allow me one last question. 1025 01:29:34,921 --> 01:29:36,841 Where will you put your second Nobel Prize? 1026 01:29:37,801 --> 01:29:39,281 Next to the first one. 1027 01:29:44,281 --> 01:29:48,041 I hope I have correctly interpreted the recognition of the Academy 1028 01:29:48,041 --> 01:29:50,761 assuming it refers to both, 1029 01:29:50,761 --> 01:29:52,681 mine and my husband - Pierre Curie's achievements. 1030 01:29:56,761 --> 01:30:00,401 We should be less curious to know people and more curious to know their thoughts. 1031 01:30:00,841 --> 01:30:06,121 The rejection of knowledge and the fear of creative thinking lead to lost societies. 1032 01:30:06,601 --> 01:30:09,241 One shouldn't be scared of anything in life, but strive to comprehend. 1033 01:30:09,601 --> 01:30:12,001 Who would we be without curiosity of mind? 1034 01:30:12,521 --> 01:30:15,601 I am one of these who consider science to be an expression of beauty. 1035 01:30:16,241 --> 01:30:18,841 I am happy to be able to devote my life to discovering 1036 01:30:18,841 --> 01:30:21,001 mystery of the universe. 1037 01:32:03,601 --> 01:32:06,041 In 1935, Iréne returned to Stockholm and was the second woman 1038 01:32:06,041 --> 01:32:08,641 after her mother to be awarded a Nobel Prize. 1039 01:32:09,721 --> 01:32:12,721 The fate of the Curie and Langevin families remained intertwined: 1040 01:32:12,721 --> 01:32:17,041 In 1950, Marie Curie's granddaughter, Héléne married Michel Langevin, the grandson of Paul Langevin. 1041 01:32:17,041 --> 01:32:19,681 Héléne and Michel are both physicists. 1042 01:32:20,521 --> 01:32:25,481 Marie Curie died in 1934 at the age of 66. In 1995, her remains were transfered together 1043 01:32:25,481 --> 01:32:30,721 with those of Pierre Curie to the Parisian Pantheon, where Paul Langevin was also interred in 1948.