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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 missio...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Films de Pierre (film production company.)
Other Authors: Campillo, Robin (Screenwriter), Mangeot, Philippe (Screenwriter), Charbonneau, Hugues (Film producer), Pérez Biscayart, Nahuel (Actor), Valois, Arnaud (Actor), Haenel, Adèle (Actor), Reinartz, Antoine (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Language Notes:French dialogue ; with English subtitles.
Published: [United States] : The Orchard, [2017]
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > France > Drama.
AIDS activists > France > Drama.
ACT UP Paris (Organization) > Drama.
Social problem films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Political films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) aspect ratio: 16:9; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround or 2.0 stereo.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Awards:Cannes Film Festival, 2017: FIPRESCI Prize (Robin Campillo), François Chalais Award (Robin Campillo), Grand Prize of the Jury (Robin Campillo), Queer Palm (Robin Campillo).
European Film Awards, 2017: European Film Award / European Editor (Robin Campillo).
Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA), 2018: Dorian Award/ Foreign Language Film of the Year.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Jeanne Lapoirie; editing, Robin Campillo [and 2 others]; music, Arnaud Rebotini.