Pu-239

Sep 12, 2006

1h 37m

★ 6.6

His family's future depends on one unstable element.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Plutonium Production Limited

Beacon Pictures

HBO Films

Section Eight

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Cast

Timofey

Paddy Considine

Shiv

Oscar Isaac

Red Army Hero

Valeriu Pavel Dan

Prusokov

Kenneth Bryans

Marina

Radha Mitchell

Tolya

Danya Baryshnikov

Facility Director

Connor McIntyre

Facility Deputy

Derek Hutchinson

Vlad

Jason Flemyng

Yegor

Jordan Long

Lap Girl

Xenia Alina Grigore

Oxsana

Mélanie Thierry

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