BPM (Beats per Minute)

Genres: Drama

Languages: French

Year: 2017

Vote: 7.7

Festival & Award: Cannes - Grand Prix

BPM (Beats per Minute)

The showmakers

Robin Campillo
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Arnaud Valois
Adèle Haenel
Antoine Reinartz

Overview

Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.

Indie vibes check

A French arthouse film with independent roots but supported by established European studios.

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