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Pu-239 (2006)
Director: Scott Z. Burns
Cast: Paddy Considine, Oscar Isaac, Valeriu Pavel Dan, Kenneth Bryans
6.7
57%Runtime97 min
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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 market with the help of an incompetent criminal.
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Fans of gripping, character-driven dramas will be captivated by the intense performance of Paddy Considine in this 2006 film directed by Scott Z. Burns, which blends suspense and social commentary as a desperate worker tries to sell stolen nuclear material on the black market.
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Pu-239 is a 2006 British drama film written and directed by Hollywood producer Scott Z. Burns in his feature directorial debut, which was based on the book PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies written by Ken Kalfus. The film was shown twice at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival under the title The Half Life of Timofey Berezin before being distributed by HBO Films under its original working title. Pu-239 is the chemical symbol for plutonium-239 (239Pu), the most readily fissile isotope of the element plutonium.
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