The Atom: A Love Affair (2019)

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.

Released Oct. 31, 2019 92 min 13+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: imdb.nuclear-power, imdb.environmentalism, imdb.independent-film, imdb.past, imdb.power, tmdb.nuclear-power, tmdb.science, aspectratio.1-78-1-high-definition

Country: United States
Production Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English