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13 Tzameti

France

2005

93 Min
Black and White
2.40:1
Georgian, German, French
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DIR Géla Babluani

PROD Géla Babluani, Fanny Saadi

DP Tariel Meliava

CAST George Babluani, Pascal Bongard, Aurélien Recoing, Fred Ulysse, Nicolas Pignon, Vania Vilers, Olga Legrand, Christophe Vandevelde, Augustin Legrand, Jo Prestia, Serge Chambon

ED Noémie Moreau

PROD DES Bernard Péault

MUSIC Arnaud Taillefer

SOUND Didier Lozahic

Venice (Venice Days): Luigi De Laurentiis Award, Sundance (World Cinema Dramatic Competition): Grand Jury Prize, Transilvania: Best Cinematography, FIPRESCI Prize, Stockholm, Karlovy Vary (Another View), Melbourne, Rotterdam, Mar del Plata

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The hero of this story, reminiscent of the early works of Bresson and Wenders, is young Sebastien (played by Georges Babluani). Prompted by the vision that he will make lots of money, he enters a strange world behind closed doors which has something of a nightmarish quality about it, where he is required to play a bizarre game of survival. “Memories of my childhood keep coming back to me,” says the director. “The fixed images I have are like rays of light cutting through the darkness. They are always vaguely present, but when I try to re-discover their virginal quality, I no longer sense that childhood innocence.” This original black-and-white film in the style of film noir is a remarkable testimony of people, their arrogance, malice and fear. –Karlovy Vary Film Festival

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Géla Babluani

Géla Babluani (Georgian: გელა ბაბლუანი) (born 1979) is a Georgian-French film director. Babluani was born in Tbilisi, son of prominent director Temur Babluani. At 17 years of age, he and his three siblings were sent to study in France. His first short film, A Fleur de Peau (2002), received critical appraise. His first feature length film is 13 Tzameti, won the World Cinema Jury Prize for a Dramatic motion picture at the Sundance Film Festival. He recently completed an American version of 13 Tzameti titled 13. —Wikipedia 

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Matthew Thompson

3Sep11

I think that if there had been more of a motive for Sébastien to go to the game/not get the hell out of the building, I feel the film would have been a lot stronger.

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Nadin

5Jun11

One of my all-time favourites. I thoroughly enjoyed the film from beginning to end. The tension Babluani created grabbed me just fine. I was disappointed when he announced a US remake. It's not doing the film any justice.

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Tamuna Barbakadze

24May11

✩ AWESOME one

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Cinematic

23Jan11

Very shallow. The lead character is just plain dumb, the dialogues are futile, and the best parts are a loan from The Deer Hunter. It has some oppressive feel, debtor of french noir, Murnau or even Polanski. But it isn't quite enough to carry all the foolishness of the not-so-promising debut by Babluani (he has done a US remake with Mickey Rourke and that reveals a lot).

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Your man kills a third and there’ll be a bonus for you … 13 Tzameti

By jaredmo​barak on February 4, 2010

If you desire to see an edge of your seat thriller, definitely take the opportunity to go downtown to the Market Arcade Theatre and check out the enthralling, French-language 13 Tzameti, while you…  read review

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By Daniel S. on February 3, 2010

Among the multiple awards won by Géla Babluani’s 13 TZAMETI, you can find the 2006 European Discovery of the Year award, the Grand Jury Prize of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and two major awards…  read review

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