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Magnet of Doom

1963 · 102 min

A slow, sun-bleached road trip that curdles into a tense two-hander about power, dependence and quiet menace.

Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Genres: Crime, Drama, Adventure
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier

Overview: Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.

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Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Genres: Crime, Drama, Adventure
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
power
greed
isolation
crime
Places: road trip
big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: crime, drama, adventure
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Written by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier, Stefania Sandrelli, Malvina Silberberg, Barbara Sommers, E.F. Medard, Todd Martin
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Cinematography: Henri Decaë
Runtime: 102 min
Country: France, Italy
Languages: English, French

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