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13 Tzameti

France

2005

90 Min
Black and White
2.40:1
French, German, Georgian
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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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Fabio Di Felice

26Apr13

Spietato. Forse con una parte iniziale e finale troppo lunghe, d'altronde il film è concentratissimo nella parte centrale, quella della gara, che può ricordare un po' La lunga Marcia di King per il senso di straniamento dalla realtà. La critica al potere del denaro è perfetta, così come la forza nei momenti di tensione davvero crudi. Un grande film.

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nargs

2Mar13

Great concept for a film, just can't shake the feeling how similar this is to Hostel. Both came out the same year, not to sure which one came first tho. Prefer this than Hostel tho. btw follow BENNIEVERMEER advice & don't watch the trailer before viewing.

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bennievermeer

30May12

Please don't watch the trailer for 'Tzameti'. Weirdly, the trailer manages to reveal much of the surprise plot of an otherwise excellent dark thriller, best watched without too much pre-knowledge. www.brnrd.net/blog/archive/2006/10/19/tzameti

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    nargs

    2Mar13

    hah I watched like a minute & knew they were gonna reveal something big so I turned it off & chucked the movie on.

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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

DEADLY GAME

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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