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13 Tzameti
13 Tzameti
7.7
/10
1,877 Ratings

13 TZAMETI

Directed by Géla Babluani
France, 2005
Drama, Thriller, Crime

Synopsis

22 year-old Sébastien leads an impoverished life struggling to support his family. While repairing a neighbor’s roof, he overhears a conversation about a forthcoming package which promised to make the household rich. He intercepts the mysterious package—which comes with a cryptic set of clues.

Synopsis

22 year-old Sébastien leads an impoverished life struggling to support his family. While repairing a neighbor’s roof, he overhears a conversation about a forthcoming package which promised to make the household rich. He intercepts the mysterious package—which comes with a cryptic set of clues.

Our take

Tension simmers until it reaches an explosive boil in Géla Babluani’s taut, atmospheric noir. Etched in stark monochrome, this story of a hard-on-his-luck Georgian immigrant and his struggles to support his family arches with unexpected twists. A triumph of diabolical filmmaking imagination.