BPM (Beats per Minute)
Aug 23 2017
•2h 23m
•Drama
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.
Cast
See allNahuel Pérez Biscayart
Sean Dalmazo
Arnaud Valois
Nathan
Adèle Haenel
Sophie
Antoine Reinartz
Thibault
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