Comme un aimant

Comme un aimant
(The Magnet)
Comme un aimant ; (The Magnet)
	DVD cover. Actors from left to right: Aimad, Djerir, Saleh, Akhenaton (top), Mammeri, Freeman, Ferrat, Saleh.
Directed by	Akhenaton ;
Written by	Akhenaton ; Kamel Saleh
Starring	; ; Kamel Saleh; Akhenaton; ; Freeman; Titoff;
Distributed by	31 May 2000
Release date	May 31, 2000 (France);
Country	France

Comme un aimant (released in the USA as The Magnet) is a 2000 French film by and Akhenaton. It depicts eight young people living in the district of , 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[]

Akhenaton as Sauveur
as Cahouètte
as Bra-Bra
Freeman as Kakou
as Houari
as Fouad
Titoff as Santino
as Christian
as Kader
as Nathalie
as Béatrice
as Sylvie
as Jackson

Soundtrack[]

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 and Cunnie Williams.

In popular culture[]

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.

External links[]

Comme un aimant at the Internet Movie Database.

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Comme un aimant (The Magnet)
DVD cover. Actors from left to right: Aimad, Djerir, Saleh, Akhenaton (top), Mammeri, Freeman, Ferrat, Saleh.
Directed by	Akhenaton
Written by	Akhenaton Kamel Saleh
Starring	Kamel Saleh Akhenaton Freeman Titoff
Distributed by	31 May 2000
Release date	May 31, 2000 (2000-05-31) (France)
Country	France