But before they get too far, Sean tells Nathan he prefers to wear a condom - “it’s safer that way” - and Nathan, who is HIV-negative, obliges.
Suddenly they’re falling into bed and frantically undressing themselves.
After the two start dancing at a club, lights strobing as their bodies move in and out of the darkness, the scene changes seamlessly.
One of the most striking scenes in BPM (Beats Per Minute), Robin Campillo’s historical fiction film about ACT UP in Paris in the early 1990s, is a sex scene - the first between Nathan (Arnaud Valois) and Sean (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart), who is HIV-positive.
