120 battements par minute / 120 Beats per Minute
by
Robin Campillo
Border Lines
What possibilities do ‘Act Up’ militants have left to convince the public of the gravity of their cause? Is violence a legitimate way of stopping the pharmaceutical industries from depriving AIDS patients of knowledge and medication? While, at the beginning of the 90s, courageous campaigners sit around a table discussing ways of promoting their cause as well as the latest in scientific knowledge, a spark slowly but surely arouses between newbie Nathan and the revolutionary Sean. Director Robin Campillo’s Cannes Festival sensation portrays desperate but determined protagonists with incredible sensitivity. He offers insight into a complex time which the director himself experienced as a member of Paris’s Act Up movement.
- Genre: Drama
- Country, Year: France, 2017
- Runtime: 143 Min
- Languages: French
- Subtitles: German
- Director: Robin Campillo
- Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel , Antoine Reinartz
- Screenplay: Robin Campillo, Philippe Mangeot
- Cinematography: Jeanne Lapoirie
- Editor: Robin Campillo
- Sound: Julien Sicart, Valérie Deloof, Jean-Pierre Laforce
- Music: Arnaud Rebotini
- Producers: Hugues Charbonneau, Marie-Ange Luciani
- Production Companies: Les Films de Pierre, France 3 Cinéma, Page 114, Memento Films Production, FD Production
- World Sales: Playtime
- Swiss Distribution: Agora Films SARL
