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The Half Life of Timofey Berezin (2006) -- 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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Director:
Scott Z. Burns
Writers (WGA):
Scott Z. Burns (screenplay)
Ken Kalfus (short story "PU-239")
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Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
His family's future depends on one unstable element.
Plot:
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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2 wins more
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'Bourne' Co-Writer to Adapt Video Game 'Army of Two'
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Also Known As:
Pu-239 (International: English title) (new title) (USA) (new title)
PU-239 (USA) (working title (TV title))
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, violence, sexual content and brief drug use.
Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Bucharest, Romania more

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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. more
Quotes:
Timofey: [voiceover] An element loses a particle and becomes unstable. A chain reaction is set in motion. Pulsing waves of desperation in every direction. Perhaps the lost part is clarity or hope. In the fallout, the man-made elements appear- isotopes of fear and anger that cannot be handled safely or buried in the ground. They take the shape of a mushroom cloud started above a desert, that circles the globe and shadows us all. more
Soundtrack:
Don't Forget more

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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Great Film, 24 November 2007
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Author: sbthomas-2 from United States

Based on a short story by Ken Kalfus, PU-239 is about a man who worked all of his adult life in a nuclear processing facility, only to find himself contaminated beyond hope of survival because the plant is literally falling apart. Faced with precious little time to look out for his family's future, a good man does a bad thing, by stealing a small quantity of weapons grade plutonium to sell on the black market. His journey takes him to Moscow,where he must deal with Russian mobsters and street thugs while trying to survive long enough to make a transaction.

The film is filled with little facts about the power and dangers of radiation, and examples of the affect that perestroika has had on Russian society. The plot takes many turns as the main characters find themselves in one ironic situation after another. While the details may be contrived (hey - it's a movie), the basic plot is very plausible and the scary thing is how much enriched plutonium is actually unaccounted for in the former USSR.

I feel sure this film will be made available on DVD someday. But if you have access to HBO, watch it now. If you like dark satire and science, this films for you.

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