Comme un aimant (2000)

Directed by

Kamel Saleh, Akhenaton

Genre

gangster film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of eight young people live in the Panier district of Marseille. The film follows their daily lives and struggles.

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What happens

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'. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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