“A naturalistic drama about the Paris branch of ACT UP in the nineties that masterfully intertwines dual narratives—a group portrait of AIDS activists and a love story of great delicacy—and deftly sidesteps every social-issue/disease movie cliché in the book.” — Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter
120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE (2017)—written and directed by Robin Campillo (who was a member of ACT UP twenty years ago)—came out of nowhere to win the Grand Prix at Cannes this weekend. . The film stars Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, and Antoine Reinartz and will open in Paris cinemas on August 23, 2017.
