16 120 BPm

A fiery ensemble piece, set during the late 1980s and focusing on the Paris wing of ACT UP – the international directaction organisation that demanded immediate, large-scale research into Aids. Campillo’s film concerns the blossoming romance between newcomer Nathan (Arnaud Valois) and Sean (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart), a firebrand whose HIV+ status is rapidly deteriorating. Campillo brilliantly juggled scenes of political action with the love story between Nathan and Sean as it works towards its inevitable final state.