Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Nahuel Pérez BiscayartSean Dalmazo
- Arnaud ValoisNathan
- Adèle HaenelSophie
- Antoine ReinartzThibault
- Félix MaritaudMax
- Ariel BorensteinJérémie
- Aloïse SauvageEva
- Simon BourgadeLuc
- Mehdi TouréGermain
- Simon GuélatMarkus
Recommandations
- 100
The Guardian
This film has what its title implies: a heartbeat. It is full of cinematic life. - 90
Variety
[A] sprawling, thrilling, finally heart-bursting group portrait of Parisian AIDS activists in the early 1990s. - 83
The Film Stage
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
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. - 80
Screen Daily
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. - 75
IndieWire
Assembling the story out of small moments and gripping exchanges, Campillo grounds this earnest drama in a sense of purpose. - 75
Slant Magazine
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. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
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.
