EFFET MATILDA

Filmed Memory

Cinema — a way to bring back to life the memory of women in science

These films explore the lives and struggles of forgotten women in science.

Through their stories, we rediscover the strength, passion, and light they brought to the world.

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Radioactive

Biography Drama
Romance
2019
1h 49 min

The incredible true story of Marie Sklodowska-Curie and her Nobel Prize-winning work that changed the world.

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Hidden Figures

Biography Drama
2017
2h 07 min

The extraordinary destiny of three African-American scientists who helped the United States take the lead in the space race, thanks to the orbit of astronaut John Glenn.

Kept in the shadow of their male colleagues and in a country torn by deep inequalities, their long-ignored story is finally brought to the screen.

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Agora

Adventure Drama
History Romance
2009
2h 07 min

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, telling the story of a slave who turns to Christianity hoping to regain his freedom, while falling in love with his mistress, Hypatia of Alexandria.

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Sofya Kovalevskaya

Biography Russian
1956
1h 35 min

A screen adaptation of a play about the mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya, who became a laureate of the Borden Prize of the Paris Academy of Sciences and was the first woman corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

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These videos offer a more personal and emotional approach to the theme.