Robin Campillos Cannes competition film gracefully, sharply humanizes a historical tragedy, Richard Lawson writes forVanity Fair.

[The] deeply effective120 Beats Per Minuteis half sober and surveying docudrama, half wrenching personal illness narrative.

Read on for more review excerpts from the films world premiere screening at Cannes.

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This film has what its title implies: a heartbeat.

It is full of cinematic life.

Campillo has given his movie the breath of true life.