Robin Campillo’s “BPM (Beats Per Minute),” a bold group portrait of Parisian AIDS activists at Act Up in the early 1990s, scooped six Cesar Awards, including best film, original script, male newcomer, supporting actor and music at tonight’s ceremony which took place at the Salle Pleyel in Paris.
The awards are France’s highest film honors.Campillo made the most political speech of the evening.
The director said many of the social issues people fought for 25 years ago are still current today.
Campillo spoke about an pending law which will put refugees in greater danger.
“As it was the case 25 years ago, silence is death,” Campillo concluded.Produced by Marie-Ange Luciani and Hugues Charbonneau, “BPM” world-premiered at the Cannes Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Prize.
It was later chosen to represent France in the foreign-language Oscar race but surprisingly failed to get shortlisted.Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Loveless,
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