Directed by:
Robin CampilloScreenplay:
Robin CampilloCinematography:
Jeanne LapoirieComposer:
Arnaud RebotiniCast:
Adèle Haenel, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Antoine Reinartz, Félix Maritaud, Médhi Touré, Aloïse Sauvage, François Rabette, Simon Bourgade (more)VOD (1)
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The lives of AIDS activists in early 90s Paris are reimagined in bold and vivid detail in 120 BPM, a stunning and heart-wrenching drama from the writer of Palme d’Or winner The Class, Robin Campillo. Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes 2017 and a host of international awards, this is an essential work of cinema with a profoundly moving and delicately crafted love story at its heart. As the AIDS epidemic tears through their community, the members of ACT UP Paris are fighting for survival. While they battle against governmental apathy, pharmaceutical greed and public ignorance, they also go out partying, debate politics and, occasionally, fall in love. One day, as outspoken radical Sean (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) strikes up a conversation with shy newcomer Nathan (Arnaud Valois), they have no idea that their lives are about to change forever. Based on the director’s own experiences, this vibrant and deeply emotional drama rushes with youthful energy, balancing powerful themes of social justice with euphoric moments of spine-tingling sensuality. Urgent and affecting, it’s a film about life, death, passion, tragedy - and, above all, the will to survive. (Curzon Artificial Eye)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2018 - Robin Campillo (Best International Film)
European Film Awards
- 2017 - Robin Campillo (Best Editor)
- 2017 - Robin Campillo (Best Film)
- 2017 - Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (Best Actor)
César Awards
- 2018 - Best Film
- 2018 - Antoine Reinartz (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2018 - Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (Most Promising Actor)
- 2018 - Robin Campillo (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2018 - Arnaud Rebotini (Best Original Music)
- 2018 - Robin Campillo (Best Editing)
- 2018 - Robin Campillo (Best Director)
- 2018 - Adèle Haenel (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2018 - Arnaud Valois (Most Promising Actor)
- 2018 - Best Sound
- 2018 - Jeanne Lapoirie (Best Cinematography)
- 2018 - Best Costume Design
- 2018 - Best Production Design
Guldbagge Awards
- 2017 - Robin Campillo (Best Foreign Film)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2018 - Best Foreign Language Film
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2017 - Best Foreign Language Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2017 - Best Foreign-Language Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2017 - Best Foreign Language Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 2017 - Robin Campillo (Grand Prize)
- 2017 - Robin Campillo (Fipresci Prize - Official Competition)
- 2017 - Robin Campillo (Golden Palm - Official Competition)
San Sebastián International Film Festival
- 2017 - Robin Campillo (Sebastiane Award)