The writer/director of 120 Beats Per Minute on how his time with militant Aids activist group Act Up-Paris inspired one of the most feted films of 2018Last Christmas Eve, just before midnight, Barry Jenkins, the Oscar-winning director of Moonlight, settled down in a hotel room to watch the new French film 120 Beats Per Minute.
After an hour, he stopped the action and fired off a tweet: “Fuuuuuuuuuuug I just had to pause Bpm because this scene just destroyed me.
De…..Stroyed.
I shouldn’t drink because it’s late but I need to room service a glass of something before I head back in.
Damn.”Written and directed by Robin Campillo, 120 Beats Per Minute is a dramatisation of the early years of the militant Aids activist group Act Up-Paris.
(The title is a nod to house music, which for many was the soundtrack to this period.) Specifically, the film focuses
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