Magnetic Beats

2021 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama / History / Music

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 40% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 40%
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 1148 1.1K

Plot summary

Brittany, France, 1980s. A group of friends, fed up with the boring country life and eager for excitement, create a radio station.

Director

Vincent Maël Cardona Photo
Vincent Maël Cardona

Top cast

Joseph Olivennes Photo
Joseph Olivennes as Jérôme Bichon
Olivier Gourmet Photo
Olivier Gourmet as Pierre Leprieur
Fabrice Adde Photo
Fabrice Adde as Francis
Saadia Bentaïeb Photo
Saadia Bentaïeb as Annie
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874.44 MB
1280*534
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
25 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 2
1.76 GB
1920*800
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles fr  
25 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ZeddaZogenau 7 / 10

French Debut Film about the 80s with an excellent soundtrack

Sadness in the French provinces (filmed in Beaune-la-Rolande), the emergence of pirate radio stations, the election victory of President Francois Mitterrand and Berlin in the Cold War! Debut filmmaker Vincent Mael CARDONA really packed something into his declaration of love for the early 1980s. This doesn't always work, but it creates a tremendous pull that leads back to a time when people still had to do with cassettes and tapes.There is also a complicated family history and an erotic love triangle. The music (Joy Division / Iggy Pop / The Undertones) is simply fabulous, although a little ahead of my lifetime. But I recognize the frustration in the countryside exactly because the provincial aspects of those years in France and West Germany are very similar. West and East Berlin (played by Leipzig and Dresden in the film) can also become welcome awakening experiences.You will still see a lot of the young actors in the main roles (Thimotee ROBART, Marie COLOMB). By the way, Joseph OLIVENNES is a son of EUROPEAN FILM AWARD winner Kristin SCOTT THOMAS.I really enjoyed this trip to the beginning of the 1980s, i.e. The time of my childhood.
Reviewed by anxiousgayhorseonketamine 9 / 10

absolute corker

.... moody as duckLoosely based on the Youth which came of age in 1981 at the time Mitterrand got to be prez in France after a million years of right-wing rule these are young men full of the sounds of Joy Division "Here are the young men, the weight on their shoulders" practically tells you what the mood/mode will be hereThe lead actor even has a passing resemblance to Ian Curtis and certainly stole his haircutHe is a Breton country lad who runs a radio station with his brother; never quite sure if that is bone fide or just a wish .... but they have friends who follow them ... ok it is real and named Warsaw after earlier name of Joy DivisionThe mum is not longer in the frame having passed away the dad runs a garage and the elder brother is a confirmed alcoholic and extremely self-destructiveYoung man tries to escape military service and get P4 status (Psychology 4 ie exemption) but fails which sends him to Berlin where many different things happenThe storyline is simple there is a love/infatuation story weaved in too and cleverly soBut the overall is really about 1981 Tapes/Reel-to-Reel about the music out of the UK about "the young men, the weight on their shoulders" and the Zeitgeist attachedFilmed in very subterranean tones/hues throughoutEXCELLENTLY made it got some awards at Cannes in 2021 .... would highly recommend for music-lovers awesome soundtrack throughout and anyone old enough to remember 81 as an adult in France or elsewhere.
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