Watch The Half Life of Timofey Berezin (2006) Free Online

Release Date: 2006

Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Radha Mitchell, Danya Baryshnikov, Mélanie Thierry, Oscar Isaac, Jason Flemyng, Dan Chiriac, Paddy Considine, Jordan Long, Steven Berkoff, Connor McIntyre, Kenneth Bryans ...MORE

Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Radha Mitchell, Danya Baryshnikov, Mélanie Thierry, Oscar Isaac, Jason Flemyng, Dan Chiriac, Paddy Considine, Jordan Long, Steven Berkoff, Connor McIntyre, Kenneth Bryans, Florina Cercel ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Drama Film, Political Drama, Television Movie, Crime Thriller, Thriller

PU-239 is a 2007 film directed by Hollywood producer Scott Z. Burns 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 (Pu), a radioactive isotope of of the chemical element plutonium. Timofey Berezin (Paddy Considine) works at a former top-secret, badly run and aged nuclear reprocessing facility plant in Skotoprigonyevsk-16,... MORE

PU-239 is a 2007 film directed by Hollywood producer Scott Z. Burns 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 (Pu), a radioactive isotope of of the chemical element plutonium. Timofey Berezin (Paddy Considine) works at a former top-secret, badly run and aged nuclear reprocessing facility plant in Skotoprigonyevsk-16, a former closed city and a naukograd. At the film's outset, he is exposed to radioactive contamination while selflessly trying to stop a criticality malfunction. The facility's draconian managers maintain his exposure was a survivable 100 rems, while accusing him of sabotage and suspending him without pay. Loyal coworkers, however, help Timofey discover the truth: he was exposed to 1,000 rems of radiation (the citizens of Hiroshima received less). Suffering from acute radiation poisoning, he has only days to live. Before Timofey's adoring wife, Marina (Radha Mitchell), is fully aware of his fate, LESS