Comme un aimant (The Magnet) | |
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Directed by | Akhenaton Kamel Saleh |
Written by | Akhenaton Kamel Saleh |
Produced by | Pascal Caucheteux Richard Grandpierre |
Starring | Brahim Aimad Houari Djerir Kamel Saleh Akhenaton Sofiane Madjid Mammeri Freeman Titoff Kamel Ferrat |
Cinematography | Denis Rouden |
Edited by | Fabrice Salinie |
Music by | Bruno Coulais Akhenaton |
Distributed by | Mars Distribution |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Comme un aimant (released in the USA as The Magnet) is a 2000 French crime drama film by Kamel Saleh and Akhenaton. It depicts eight young people living in the district of Panier, in Marseille.
The film's title means 'like a magnet', and is a reference to a line in the film accusing two characters of being lazy and 'sitting there with your asses stuck to that bench like a magnet'.
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The film's soundtrack is written by Bruno Coulais and Akhenaton, and it includes songs by IAM, Millie Jackson, Dennis Edwards of the Temptations, Isaac Hayes, Mario Castiglia and Cunnie Williams. The tracklist:
The film's title "Comme un aimant" is also a song by IAM, a French hip hop band from Marseille which Akhenaton and Freeman, two of the actors, belong to.