BPM (Beats per Minute)
2017 · 2h 23m · Drama
Watch it tonight. BPM is a powerhouse French drama about ACT UP activists fighting the AIDS crisis in '90s Paris—it's urgent, emotionally raw, and crafted with real artistic ambition. This is exactly the kind of substantive, culturally important film that deserves your attention, even without the critical score.
Plot
Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.
Director: Robin Campillo
Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz, Félix Maritaud