Magnet of Doom
dir. Jean-Pierre Melville · 1963
Plot
When French ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer Michel Maudet looses his last fight he decides to quit boxing. The French banker and businessman Dieudonné Ferchaux is looking for a new personal secretary and bodyguard. The 25 year old ex-paratrooper is perfect for this role and he accepts the job. Because Mr. Ferchaux is in trouble with the French authorities, especially for his tax evasion crimes, he decides to run to America taking his personal secretary and bodyguard with him. After being threatened with extradition from the USA Mr. Ferchaux plans to escape to South America.He carries a vast sum of money with him but his bodyguard Maudet has a few dishonest ideas of his own.
Why watch
Michel Maudet, a disillusioned ex-paratrooper, finds himself entangled in a web of crime and moral ambiguity when he becomes the bodyguard for the corrupt banker Dieudonné Ferchaux. As they flee to America, the tension between loyalty and betrayal escalates, revealing the darker sides of ambition and survival. Watching this film is like navigating a labyrinth of choices where every turn could lead to freedom or downfall.