Worn by Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer is in theaters since July 19, 2023. This new film from Christopher Nolan looks at the story of Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who will become the “father” of the atomic bomb.
On social networks, many have fun presenting it as the “Barbenheimer” duel: at the same time as Barbieby Greta Gerwig, the new film by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer, was released on the big screens on July 19, 2023. Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Opppenheimer and, Emily Blunt, Kitty Oppenheimer. The distribution also includes Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh and Matt Damon.
1942. At the heart of the Los Alamos laboratory, scientist Oppenheimer and his team work on a top secret project: a weapon that defies the laws of physics. It is the “Manhattan Project” which will lead to the first atomic bomb.
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Photo credits of the image of one: Florence Pugh and Cillian Murphy. // Source: Oppenheimer