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The Half Life of Timofey Berezin (2006)
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His family's future depends on one unstable element.
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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. | full synopsis
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Somber and decent.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Paddy Considine | ... | Timofey | |
| Oscar Isaac | ... | Shiv | |
| Valeriu Pavel Dan | ... | Red Army Hero | |
| Kenneth Bryans | ... | Prusokov | |
| Radha Mitchell | ... | Marina | |
| Danya Baryshnikov | ... | Tolya | |
| Connor McIntyre | ... | Facility Director | |
| Derek Hutchinson | ... | Facility Deputy | |
| Jason Flemyng | ... | Vlad | |
| Jordan Long | ... | Yegor | |
| Xenia Alina Grigore | ... | Lap Girl | |
| Mélanie Thierry | ... | Oxsana | |
| Constantin Barbulescu | ... | Dmitri | |
| Oana Cojocaru | ... | Svetlana | |
| Stefan Iancu | ... | Andrei |
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Pu-239 (International: English title) (new title) (USA) (new title)
PU-239 (USA) (working title (TV title))
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PU-239 (USA) (working title (TV title))
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Rated R for language, violence, sexual content and brief drug use.
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97 min
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Plot holes: Tim states many times that his hometown is not on the map, which makes it impossible to send his letter home.
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Timofey:
You read too much.
Marina: I thought that's why you liked me.
Timofey: I never said I liked you. I said I loved you.
Marina: When did you say that?
Timofey: Before I ever knew your name. First day I saw you at the institute. I tried to say it with my eyes. On the day I married you in Tuvula and every day since. Just sometimes I said it to myself.
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Marina: I thought that's why you liked me.
Timofey: I never said I liked you. I said I loved you.
Marina: When did you say that?
Timofey: Before I ever knew your name. First day I saw you at the institute. I tried to say it with my eyes. On the day I married you in Tuvula and every day since. Just sometimes I said it to myself.
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Don't Forget
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This movie was OK. It was not quite great, but interesting enough to be a bit above average. It starts out great, but then settles into a kind of blandness for the rest of the film.
Basically, the movie is about a man who is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation in a nuclear power plant in Russia. Knowing he is going to die soon, he absconds with a small amount of plutonium and attempts to sell it on the black market ... all to help provide for his family.
If the plot sounds interesting, the movie somehow drains the intensity out of it. The middle 90% of the movie is basically uneventful and focused on a slightly deranged mob-related fellow that the main character meets. More than anything, the movie depicts the degenerating state of affairs of two very different individuals who get linked up.
The movie is somewhat interesting and unusual, but I can't find a good reason to recommend it. If you end up watching it for a little while, just keep in mind, it won't get any better.