Vivianne Perret

Atomic film

Atomic Movie

April 1, 2021
Narrative
368 pages
140 × 200 mm
20,90 €
9782358877497
978-2-3588-7749-7
																Vivianne Perret, Atomic film
																Vivianne Perret, Atomic film

1950s. In the Nevada desert, the United States experiments their atomic bombs. All around, people were ecstatic about these demonstrations of American power. Schools organize outings to admire the atomic mushrooms, children play with the "snow" that falls on their garden... And it is this setting that Howard Hughes chose to shoot his film The Conqueror with John Wayne and Susan Hayward... But soon in the region, we begin to notice curious phenomena; first the animals, then the breeders and their families are affected. The Atomic Energy Commission wants to reassure: no risk, the radiation is far too low and these medical problems can have so many causes... And then, in this area there are after all only a few Mormons, breeders, Indians and, passing by, a Hollywood team.

Vivianne Perret, in this fictionalized tale, brings back to life the stars who were victims of a cursed shooting as well as those anonymous people who had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time in History.

The author

Vivianne Perret is a historian, writer, screenwriter... and above all an insatiable reader. Fascinated by the backstage of History, she is a specialist of the United States. A scholarship student at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, she even pushed her passion for the Plains Indians to the point of learning Sioux... Polyglot, she first traveled around the world for about fifteen years before packing her bags and returning to France to devote herself to writing.

Strong points

A tale that brings together Hollywood stars and anonymous people to make us relive an episode of American history.

A denunciation of the greatest campaign of disinformation led by the American government in the development of atomic weapons.

In the lineage of Radium Girls, the lives of the sacrificed in history.

April 1, 2021
Narrative
368 pages
140 × 200 mm
20,90 €
9782358877497
978-2-3588-7749-7