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BPM (Beats per Minute)(120 battements par minute)

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France
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2017

Rated G · 2h 15m

Director Robin Campillo
Starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz

Genre Drama

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A group of young activists desperately seek a cure for AIDS in 1990s Paris. Through their activism, they target the pharmaceutical labs that are slowing the release of promising medications and prioritizing profit, with the hope of saving their own lives as well as the those of future generations.

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Screen International by Allan Hunter

BPM (Beats Per Minute) is a moving, lump-in-the-throat love story but should also resonate on a political level as a testimony to the power of activism to awaken an indifferent world.
70

The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney

His new film acquires considerable urgency and raw emotional power in the closing stretch. But at just under two-and-a-half talky hours it's almost maddeningly protracted, maintaining a somewhat cold intellectual approach that might have been improved by greater emphasis on the beautiful scenes of intimacy, tenderness, naked fear and helplessness that punctuate the action.
75

Slant Magazine by Ed Gonzalez

In between raids, in between the meetings with ACT UP members and those who hold the keys to their possible survival, BPM is at its most intimate when observing the exchange of war stories.
75

IndieWire by Eric Kohn

Assembling the story out of small moments and gripping exchanges, Campillo grounds this earnest drama in a sense of purpose.
90

Variety by Guy Lodge

[A] sprawling, thrilling, finally heart-bursting group portrait of Parisian AIDS activists in the early 1990s.
83

The Film Stage by Jordan Ruimy

Through effective direction, the activism on display here is inspiring enough to rile one up to set aside preoccupations and try to make a difference in the world.
83

The Playlist by Nikola Grozdanovic

The film delves deep into the soul of a fundamentally important cause, with a slice-of-life look at a time in history that feels incredible urgent in today’s torn-up world.
60

The Telegraph by Tim Robey

Campillo has mounted a methodical tribute to this era of activism which successfully balances everything on its plate: what’s brought to the table is a filling meal from a good chef, only lacking the genius of inspired presentation.

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