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, 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.

Critic Reviews:

• " And yet BPM (meaning beats per minute) is a beautiful film, full of drama and humour, love and politics, argument and action. " – Paul Byrnes

• " Rebotini's dis­sonant, humming, house-inflected score – and the metronome-like heartbeats that underscore the action – are reminders that, even on their deathbed, a person has a pulse. In its dying gasps, the film grasps at life. " – Simran Hans

• " Fly on the wall filmmaking at its best, this is pure cinema – an enthralling, enveloping experience that seizes you fully, effortlessly mixing politics, sex, life, death and art. " – Alex Godfrey