Lucien is a human magnet: everything made of iron sticks to his body. Rural Belgium at the beginning of the 20th century is no place for his unusual natural talent. One day, he accidentally gets attached to a train that carries him far away. On this journey, Lucien stumbles across a travelling theatre and its colourful troupe of artists. His magnetism attracts both good and bad, often changing the course of his destiny. THE MAGNET MAN tells the tragicomic tale of how our greatest talents can become our greatest flaws, and how unpredictable our lives can be.

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In the splendidly decorated barbaric world of Antwerp, an ordinary lonely Lucien has an inhuman capability to stick metal objects to his body. An introverted Buster Keaton-like man of a few words is a hapless artist, clown, freak, and musician with a wounded heart and a quiet violin. His vocation is to entertain the common people despite his burning pain and guilt for the inevitable loss of an estranged father.