The film offers up an intense, important look into the politics of ACT UP and the radical activism that was necessary to force government and industry into taking action on the AIDS epidemic.
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart plays Sean, a radical activist with AIDS who begins a relationship with HIV-negative newcomer Nathan (Arnaud Valois).
After decades of thoughtful films about HIV, including Parting Glances, Longtime Companion, Philadephia, and The Witnesses, BPM portrayal men with AIDS as vital beings.
The sex depicted between Sean and Nathan is honest and heartrending in its refusal to suddenly render the gay men who endured the epidemic as sexless.
The film’s willingness to humanize its subjects as they fight for their lives is as radical as its characters.
