In Pierre Curie's laboratory, research is proceeding smoothly. M. Schutz, the director of the school for physics and chemistry, has high expectations for this absent-minded and clumsy scientist. He hopes for discoveries that will earn him recognition from the Académie des Sciences. However, his expectations remain unfulfilled... Until Marie Sklodowska arrives. Her arrival marks a meeting of the minds between a love of science and one another, and together with Pierre, they decipher the secrets of radioactivity. This will ultimately lead them to the Nobel Prize!