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BPM (Beats per Minute)

120 battements par minute
2017FranceLanguage: frDirected by Robin Campillo★ 7.7
Available in English: subtitled

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.

Themes and style

Tone
melancholichopefulbleakhauntingwarm
Pacing
slow burnescalatingepisodic
Story
rebellionsurvivalunraveling
Emotion
griefrageinjusticesacrificeall-consuming lovefeeling powerlessthe family you choose
Themes
corrupt institutionslife under oppressionmen and women navigating expectationsclass and money
Feel
emotionally wreckingcatharticdiscussion starterquietly hauntinggut punch
Violence
mild

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