Comme un aimant
Comme un aimant (The Magnet) | |
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Directed by | Akhenaton Kamel Saleh |
Written by | Akhenaton Kamel Saleh |
Starring | Brahim Aimad Houari Djerir Kamel Saleh Akhenaton Sofiane Madjid Mammeri Freeman Titoff Kamel Ferrat |
Distributed by | 31 May 2000 |
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Country | France |
Comme un aimant (released in the USA as The Magnet) is a 2000 French 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'.
Cast[edit]
- Akhenaton as Sauveur
- Kamel Saleh as Cahouètte
- Brahim Aimad as Bra-Bra
- Freeman as Kakou
- Houari Djerir as Houari
- Kamel Ferrat as Fouad
- Titoff as Santino
- Sofiane Madjid Mammeri as Christian
- Khalil Mohamed as Kader
- Virginie Gallo as Nathalie
- Nadège Mignien as Béatrice
- Bérangère Topart as Sylvie
- Ahamed Abdou as Jackson
Soundtrack[edit]
The film's soundtrack is written by Mario Castiglia, and it includes songs by IAM, Millie Jackson, Dennis Edwards of the Temptations, Isaac Hayes and Cunnie Williams.
In popular culture[edit]
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.