Pu-239 (film)
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| Pu-239 | |
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| Directed by | Scott Z. Burns |
| Written by | Scott Z. Burns |
| Based on | PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies by Ken Kalfus |
| Produced by | Charlie Lyons Miranda de Pencier Guy J. Louthan |
| Starring | Paddy Considine Radha Mitchell Oscar Isaac |
| Cinematography | Eigil Bryld |
| Edited by | Tatiana S. Riegel Leo Trombetta |
| Music by | Abel Korzeniowski |
| Distributed by | Beacon Pictures HBO Films |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Pu-239 is a 2006 British
Plot
Timofey Berezin (
Before Timofey's adoring wife, Marina (Radha Mitchell), is fully aware of his fate, he leaves for Moscow, on a mission to secure a better future for her and their young son. He hooks up with a small-time gangster, Shiv (Oscar Isaac), in hopes of finding a buyer for a selfmade canister of a little over 100 grams of weapons-grade plutonium salt he has stolen. It is 1995, only a few years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and they spend their time frequenting the hotels, nightclubs and private palaces of the new Moscow underworld, ricocheting between two rival crime lords (Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Steven Berkoff). However, what Timofey and Shiv never realize is that they are both caught in the same dilemma: trying to find a way free of a certain fate; hoping to do right by their loved ones before it is too late.
Cast
- Paddy Considine - Timofey
- Oscar Isaac - Shiv
- Radha Mitchell - Marina
- Steven Berkoff - Starkov
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas - Tusk
- Mélanie Thierry - Oxsana
- Jason Flemyng - Vlad
Awards
- Eddie - 2008, Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television
- Excellence in Production Design Award - 2008, Television Movie or Mini-Series
See also
- Radium Girls
- Walking ghost phase
- Half-life
External links
- Pu-239 / The Half-Life of Timofey Berezin
- Official HBO site
- PU-239 at IMDb
- Pu-239 at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Half Life of Timofey Berezin at the TIFF 2006 archival site.
