Comme un aimant explained

Comme un aimant
(The Magnet)
Director:Akhenaton
Kamel Saleh
Starring:Brahim Aimad
Houari Djerir
Kamel Saleh
Akhenaton
Sofiane Madjid Mammeri
Freeman
Titoff
Kamel Ferrat
Distributor:31 May 2000
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

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, Mario Castiglia and Cunnie Williams. The tracklist:

  1. Prisoners of love - Millie Jackson feat. Shurik'n
  2. Life goes on - Cunnie Williams
  3. La pluie d'un désert - Psy4 De La Rime
  4. Is it really home ? - Isaac Hayes
  5. La qibla - K-Rhyme Le Roi
  6. Prime example - Talib Kweli
  7. Sugar - Gerald Alston
  8. Comme un aimant - Chiens de paille
  9. You promised me - The Dells
  10. Life - Marlena Shaw feat. Tony & Paco
  11. Dir yassin - Millie Jackson
  12. Ammore Annascunnuto - Mario Castiglia
  13. What's your answer - Marlena Shaw
  14. S - Bruizza
  15. Ultima Forsan - Coloquinte
  16. Affrescu - A Filetta
  17. J'voulais dire - Akhenaton
  18. One day my soul opened up - Millie Jackson
  19. Sta Voglia E'te - Mario Castiglia
  20. Riding in my car - Dennis Edwards
  21. Belsunce Breakdown - Bouga

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.

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