Description
During the Days of Arts and Science, LIFF will host a screening of Oppenheimer at the Kamerlingh Onnes building: a fitting location, considering Oppenheimer was affiliated with the Leiden University as a young physicist. During World War II, scientist Oppenheimer leads the secret Manhattan Project, where he and a group of scientists attempt to develop the atomic bomb: a project that will drastically and permanently change the world…. Directed by Christopher Nolan and featuring actors such as Cillian Murphy, Florence Pugh and Emily Blunt, this film was the big winner at the last Oscars with no less than seven awards. A sensational thriller about the mysterious man who, in order to save the world, must take the risk of its complete destruction.
This screening will be introduced by Prof.dr.ir Sense Jan van der Molen and Prof.dr. Ivo van Vulpen.