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Pu-239

Original title: The Half Life of Timofey Berezin
  • 20062006
  • RR
  • 1h 37m
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6.8/10
3.9K
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Pu-239 (2006)
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A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black mark... Read allA worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal.A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal.
IMDb RATING
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3.9K
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    • Scott Z. Burns
    • Scott Z. Burns(screenplay)
    • Ken Kalfus(short story "PU-239")
  • Stars
    • Paddy Considine
    • Oscar Isaac
    • Valeriu Pavel Dan
    • Scott Z. Burns
    • Scott Z. Burns(screenplay)
    • Ken Kalfus(short story "PU-239")
  • Stars
    • Paddy Considine
    • Oscar Isaac
    • Valeriu Pavel Dan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 32User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Paddy Considine in Pu-239 (2006)
    Paddy Considine and Radha Mitchell in Pu-239 (2006)
    Paddy Considine, Radha Mitchell, and Danya Baryshnikov in Pu-239 (2006)
    Paddy Considine and Radha Mitchell in Pu-239 (2006)
    Paddy Considine and Radha Mitchell in Pu-239 (2006)
    Paddy Considine in Pu-239 (2006)
    Paddy Considine and Oscar Isaac in Pu-239 (2006)
    Pu-239 (2006)
    Paddy Considine in Pu-239 (2006)
    Paddy Considine in Pu-239 (2006)
    Oscar Isaac in Pu-239 (2006)
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    Paddy Considine
    Paddy Considine
    • Timofey
    Oscar Isaac
    Oscar Isaac
    • Shiv
    Valeriu Pavel Dan
    • Red Army Hero
    Kenneth Bryans
    • Prusokov
    Radha Mitchell
    Radha Mitchell
    • Marina
    Danya Baryshnikov
    • Tolya
    Connor McIntyre
    Connor McIntyre
    • Facility Director
    Derek Hutchinson
    Derek Hutchinson
    • Facility Deputy
    Jason Flemyng
    Jason Flemyng
    • Vlad
    Jordan Long
    Jordan Long
    • Yegor
    Xenia Alina Grigore
    • Lap Girl
    Mélanie Thierry
    Mélanie Thierry
    • Oxsana
    Constantin Barbulescu
    • Dmitri
    Oana Cojocaru
    • Svetlana
    Stefan Iancu
    Stefan Iancu
    • Andrei
    Florina Cercel
    • Valentina
    Lucia Maier
    • Olga
    Ioana Abur
    • Injured Dog Owner
      • Scott Z. Burns
      • Scott Z. Burns(screenplay)
      • Ken Kalfus(short story "PU-239")
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      Timofey: [voiceover] The hands on the clock are waving goodbye. It was my grandfather's watch. The dial was painted by hand in America during Word War I. The brides of soldiers seated at long tables dutifully making luminous little sixes and eights to help keep the world free. The eights were particularly hard to make; so the women sucked on the tips of the paintbrushes to bring them to a fine point. One by one, their mouths began to fill with cancer. The radium-based paint they had swallowed bombarded their brains and bones with alpha and beta particles. The women who painted the watch faces sued the US Radium Corporation of West Orange, New Jersey. Had the trial been at night, the breath they used to say goodbye to the world would have glowed like moonlit fog. They were given ten thousand dollars for their lives.

    • Crazy credits
      The end credits of the movie are presented in English. The letters cast a shadow in dark red, which provide the same information as the English credits, but in Russian.
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      Written & Performed by Ella Leya

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    7/10
    Recurring themes and great films
    I don't know what it is this weekend, but I have tasted films from France (La Haine), Korea (Boksuneun naui geot), Canada (Eve and the Fire Horse), and now, Romania, albeit a US film. Three have revenge themes, two have multicultural themes, two deal with needed kidney transplants, and they all deal with family. There are many things in these films that make you want to think and think hard. Sure, there is also a lot of humor, but it never gets in the way of the themes.

    Paddy Considine (The Bourne Ultimatum, Hot Fuzz) gets screwed big-time at work. He is exposed to 1000 rems of plutonium. He knows he only has days to live and his bosses are not interested in doing anything but covering their butts. Sound familiar? Anyway, he steals 100 grams of PU-236 to help his family.

    At the same time, there are three low-level thugs who are also dying. They have 72 hours to pay off the big boss for their mistake. One of them, Shiv (Oscar Isaac) comes in contact with Timofey, and stumbles through a plan to solve both their problems.

    A comedy of errors ensues with Shiv's partners, Jason Flemyng (The Red Violin, Transporter 2) and Jordan Long. These two are just about the dumbest thieves in the business and they get a fantastic high at the end that will have you rolling on the floor.

    Comedy and tragedy mix well in Scott Z. Burns's (The Bourne Ultimatum, An Inconvenient Truth) film. It is a shame that it probably won't get a theatrical release.

    And, it's a real treat to see Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill, Man on Fire).
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    • Nov 18, 2007

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      • November 17, 2007 (United States)
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
      • HBO (United States)
      • HBO (United States)
      • English
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      • Bucharest, Romania
    • Production companies
      • HBO Films
      • Beacon Pictures
      • Section Eight
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    • 1 hour 37 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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