Cover News Reporter Yan Wenwen
Recently, HBO in the United States released a clip from the new play "Chernobyl". This new play is based on historical facts, focusing on the nuclear disaster that occurred in Chernobyl 33 years ago.
In the early morning of April 26, 1986, the No. 4 nuclear reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant suddenly caught fire during a half-bake experiment, causing an explosion and leaking more than 8 tons of strong radioactive material. The accident resulted in 29 deaths on the spot, and more than 90,000 people died of cancer in later years.
So far, there have been reports of children born with deformities due to the effects of radiation. The children affected by the Chernobyl incident are all called "Chernobyl" children, with a wide range of influence, even including the famous Russian tennis player Sharapova. This new film by
HBO is based on this history. It not only includes the Chernobyl disaster, but also focuses on the political and ethical thinking behind the incident. The
story began after the nuclear leak. Physicists Valery and Ullana came to Pripyat, 3 kilometers away from the accident site. This small town was only created 16 years before the incident to house the families of Chernobyl staff. It used to be a peaceful home, but now it has become a terrifying place.
Valery and Ullana are members of the accident response team and come here to find out how things happened and what they should do. On the other hand, Moscow officials are also playing games on the issue of handling the incident. The journalist on the cover of
once interviewed Anatoly, a former engineer of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. He said that the evacuation and handling of Chernobyl in many film and television works and documentaries were very real, and his daughter and grandson were the children of Chernobyl, and they still endure the side effects of radiation.
The play was filmed by HBO and Sky TV in the UK. This is the first time that two major TV stations in Europe and the United States have collaborated on filming. The cast includes Emmy nominee Jared Harris, who has appeared in "Polar Evil" and "Lincoln", Strand Skarsgard, who starred in Thor and Pirates of the Caribbean, and Oscar nominee Ai Millie Watson et al. As the production of the annual big budget, the film will start broadcasting on May 7.
This year, works directed at Chernobyl have emerged endlessly. In February of this year, reporter Adam Higginbotham published a documentary work "Midnight Chernobyl: The Story Behind the World's Largest Nuclear Disaster." The record of this book is after more than 10 years of investigation. It records how propaganda, secrecy, and legends cover up the truth behind this terrible disaster. This also coincides with "Chernobyl" in content.
