120 battements par minute (2017)
Directed by Robin Campillo

Drama
aka: BPM (Beats Per Minute)

Film Synopsis

By the early 1990s, the AIDS pandemic has become headline news the world over, but public awareness of this terrible human disaster does not equate to genuine concern for the victims - far from it.  The group Act Up-Paris is one of a number of militant organisations that has been created to raise the profile of AIDS sufferers and combat the spread of HIV through communities that are most as risk.   Nathan has recently joined the group and is about to be surprised by the extremes to which his fellow campaigners will go in order to get their message across.  One of these militants is a hot-headed activist named Sean, to whom Nathan is powerfully drawn.  As Sean and Nathan lend their support to a cause that has some way to go before it gains mainstream acceptance they have their own personal dramas to contend with...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Robin Campillo
  • Script: Robin Campillo, Philippe Mangeot
  • Cinematographer: Jeanne Lapoirie
  • Music: Arnaud Rebotini
  • Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (Sean Dalmazo), Arnaud Valois (Nathan), Adèle Haenel (Sophie), Antoine Reinartz (Thibault), Félix Maritaud (Max), Médhi Touré (Germain), Aloïse Sauvage (Eva), Simon Bourgade (Luc), Catherine Vinatier (Hélène), Saadia Bentaïeb (Mère de Sean), Ariel Borenstein (Jérémie), Théophile Ray (Marco), Simon Guélat (Markus), Jean-François Auguste (Fabien), Coralie Russier (Muriel), Samuel Churin (Gilberti), François Rabette (Michel Bernin), Mehdi Rahim-Silvioli (Mehdi), Julien Herbin (Julien), Sabrina Aliane (Sabrina), Bachir Saïfi (Bachir)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 142 min
  • Aka: BPM (Beats Per Minute) 120 Beats Per Minute

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