Bpm (beats Per Minute)
Winner of over 20 international film awards, including the Grand Prix at the
Cannes Film Festival, BPM (Beats Per Minute) is the remarkable new film from
Robin Campillo (They Came Back, Eastern Boys). In Paris in the early 1990s, a
group of activists goes to battle for those stricken with HIV/AIDS, taking on
sluggish government agencies and major pharmaceutical companies in bold,
invasive actions. The organization is ACT UP, and its members, many of them gay
and HIV-positive, embrace their mission with a literal life-or-death urgency.
Amid rallies, protests, fierce debates and ecstatic dance parties, the newcomer
Nathan falls in love with Sean, the group's radical firebrand, and their
passion sparks against the shadow of mortality as the activists fight for a
breakthrough.
Critic Reviews:
- " And yet BPM (meaning beats per minute) is a beautiful film, full of
drama and humour, love and politics, argument and action. " –
Paul Byrnes
- " Rebotini's dissonant, humming, house-inflected score – and the
metronome-like heartbeats that underscore the action – are reminders that,
even on their deathbed, a person has a pulse. In its dying gasps, the film
grasps at life. " – Simran Hans
- " Fly on the wall filmmaking at its best, this is pure cinema – an
enthralling, enveloping experience that seizes you fully, effortlessly mixing
politics, sex, life, death and art. " – Alex
Godfrey