120 battements par minute = 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,...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | In French with English subtitles; closed-captioned. |
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[France]
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2017.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy) |
| Summary: | 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. Winner of Grand Prix at **Cannes Film Festival.** |
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| Item Description: | Originally released in France as a motion picture in 2017. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file) (143 min.) : sound |
| Awards: | 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, Stéphanie Léger, Anita Roth ; music, Arnaud Rebotini. |