Abdus Salam - The Dream of Symmetry

From a remote village in Pakistan to the prestigious colleges of Cambridge, from the vibrant atmosphere of London to Trieste. The film tells the gripping story of the life of Abdus Salam, great scientist of the twentieth century and Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979, creator of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste. Through the direct testimonies of the great protagonists of the international science, such as the Nobel Prize for Physics David Gross, Gerard 't Hooft, Steven Weinberg, the film retraces the most significant moments of one of the most creative and exciting periods in the history of physics: the dream of a unified theory of elementary particles and fundamental forces of Nature.

The movie presents the extraordinary figure of Abdus Salam, who not only was an outstanding scientist but also a generous humanitarian and a valuable person. His rich and busy life was an endless quest for symmetry, that he pursued in the universe of physical laws and in the world of human beings.

Italy, USA
in September 2011

Language - English, Italian Regia - Diego Cenetiempo Screenplay - Joseph Mussardo Subject and historical research - Luisa Bonolis Photography - Daniele Trani Assembly - Diego Cenetiempo, Vanja Smec Production - Pilgrim Films, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, The Academy of Sciences for Developing the Worrld, Consortium for physics Trieste