Sarah Ditum

The director of Persepolis talks about her biopic of Marie Curie: Marjane Satrapi interviewed

Sarah Ditum speaks to the celebrated director about difficult women, exile from Iran and her fears for the future of democracy

Indica Watson as Irene Curie and Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie in Marjane Satrapi's Radioactive
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