Nahuel Pérez Biscayart as Sean in 120 Bpm. Although ignored by Oscar and the Golden Globes, the film has been a critical and box office success in France where the it has drawn more than 800,000 spectators. Photo: © Celine Nieszawer Since May last year when 120 Bpm (Beats Per Minute) won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, its writer-director Robin Campillo barely has had time to contemplate the roller coaster of awards and acclaim that have followed in its wake.
Set in an Act-Up AIDS protest group in Paris in the early 1990s, his third feature swings back and forth between scenes of debate and protest and more intimate glimpses of love, grief and communion among the participants. Campillo, born in 1962, joined the group in 1992 and was an active member. He co-wrote and co-edited Laurent Cantet’s 2008 Palme d’Or winner The Class. He credits Cantet for getting him really involved...
Set in an Act-Up AIDS protest group in Paris in the early 1990s, his third feature swings back and forth between scenes of debate and protest and more intimate glimpses of love, grief and communion among the participants. Campillo, born in 1962, joined the group in 1992 and was an active member. He co-wrote and co-edited Laurent Cantet’s 2008 Palme d’Or winner The Class. He credits Cantet for getting him really involved...
- 2/15/2018
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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