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Adèle Haenel in Beats Per Minute (2017, Robin Campillo)

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120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE (2017) dir. Robin Campillo In the early 90s, as the AIDS epidemic tears through their community, the members of ACT UP Paris are fighting for survival. While battling against governmental apathy, pharmaceutical greed, and public ignorance, the activists party, debate politics — and occasionally fall in love. (link in title)

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120 battements par minute (2017) dir. Robin Campillo

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348 - BPM

We close out Pride Month with one of our favorite queer films from the past decade, 2017's BPM. From French director Robin Campillo, BPM follow a group of ACT UP activists during the height of the AIDS epidemic. With Campillo's emotional and intuitive style of observation, the film shows the labors of political organization in all the warts of in-fighting and disagreement, but also the beauty of human connection amidst dire circumstances. The film was France's International Feature submission, but didn't even make the shortlist despite its high acclaim.

This episode, we discuss what makes the film all the moving and valuable in our current moment. We also talk about Nahuel Perez Biscayart's moving lead performance, France's current dry spell of winning the International Feature Oscar, and the Cannes Film Festival where BPM won the Grand Prix.

Topics also include The Orchard, gay people not being a monolith, and other 2017 queer movies.

The 2017 Cannes Film Festival

The 2017 Academy Awards

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120 BPM (Beats Per Minute)

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120 BPM (Beats Per Minute) (2017, France)

Director: Robin Campillo

Writers: Robin Campillo & Philippe Mangeot

Mini-review:

What a powerful and impactful film. It left me both floored and speechless. I think it should be mandatory watching for younger queer generations, cause it feels like many of them have forgotten what our predecessors had to go through to build the society we currently live in (even if there still are many things to fix). It's definitely a hard, painful watch, but trust me when I tell you this: it's absolutely worth it. And even if you're not interested in these topics, the movie is superbly directed, written and acted. It's clear that everyone involved set out to give this story the special film it deserved. And thanks to them, I won't forget about 120 BPM anytime soon.

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"I'm not sick enough?"

120 battements par minute (Beats Per Minute), 2017.

Dir. Robin Campillo | Writ. Robin Campillo & Philippe Mangeot | DOP Jeanne Lapoirie