Thorne Wonder: Awards-Worthy Performance and Rosamund Pike

thorne wonder: Sep 14, 6 30 pm, Princess of Wales, and 8 pm, Roy Thomson Hall; Sep 15, 9 am, TIFF 1, according to NOW Magazine. Rating NNNThis bold biopic about scientist Marie Curie has lots of energy and features an awards-worthy performance by Rosamund Pike, but the film's hobbled by a couple of choices that don't work. UK. 103 min. Adapting Lauren Redniss's graphic novel, director Satrapi Persepolis and writer Jack Thorne Wonder bring a vitality and spark to the first part of narrative. Soon she meets the gentle Pierre Curie Sam Riley who gradually convinces her they'd work well together both professionally and, eventually, personally. The independent and socially awkward Marie born Maria Sklodowska in Poland is living in Paris attempting to carry on research in a field dominated by men. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.