The Atom: A Love Affair

• 2019
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• 1h 32m
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• 12

• Documentary

★ 6.4 TMDB Rating · 4 votes

With a wealth of fantastic archive footage and a series of revealing interviews with those who had first-hand experience, filmmaker Vicki Lesley tells the turbulent story of the West’s love-hate relationship with a nuclear power over the past seventy years. Capturing both the tantalising promise and the repeated disappointments of this singular technology, the film reveals how the post-war, romantic fantasy of an Atom-powered future developed into the stormy, on-off relationship still playing out today. A tale of scientific passion and political intrigue all wrapped up in the packaging of a sentimental screen melodrama.

Director

Vicki Lesley

Release date

Oct 31, 2019

Original language

English

Origin

United States, United Kingdom