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13 Tzameti

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13 Tzameti (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 64 Fresh: 54  Rotten:10 Average Rating: 7.1/10
 
Consensus: A stark, tension-filled nail-biter. This starkly minimalist nail-biter of a thriller relentlessly builds up the tension and keeps the audience guessing. more
 
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 90 mins
Theatrical Release: Jul 28, 2006 Limited
Synopsis:
Twenty-two-year-old Sebastien (Georges Babluani) leads an impoverished life with his immigrant family constantly struggling to support them. While repairing the roof of a neighbor's house, he overhears a conversation about an expected package which promises to make the household... [More]
Twenty-two-year-old Sebastien (Georges Babluani) leads an impoverished life with his immigrant family constantly struggling to support them. While repairing the roof of a neighbor's house, he overhears a conversation about an expected package which promises to make the household rich. Sensing the opportunity of a lifetime, Sebastien intercepts the package which contains a series of specific instructions. Following the clues, he assumes a false identity and manages to slip through the grasp of the enclosing police as he ventures deeper and deeper into the countryside. The closer he gets to his destination and the more people he meets along the way, the less he understands about what he is looking for. Ultimately, he comes face to face with a ring of clandestine gamblers placing bets on the outcome of a multi-player, high stakes tournament of Russian roulette. Directed by newcomer Gela Babluani, 13 TZAMETI (pronounced: 'zah-meti') is a winner-take-all thriller, where an unfortunate young man is transformed into Contestant #13 with no way out save his luck. --© Palm Pictures [Less]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: George Babluani, Jean Pascal Bongard, Aurelien Recoing, Fred Ulysse, Nicolas Pignon

Director: Géla Babluani

DVD Info

Release:

Feb 13, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital - French
  • Subtitles - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Bonus Footage - SUNDAY'S GAME - Short Film
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurette - 1. TESTIMONY OF A SURVIVOR
  • 2. The DVD Design Contest - Top 13 Finalist
  • Interview - Gela Babluani - Director; Georges Babluani - Star; Aurelien Recoing - Star

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13 Tzameti does suffer from a weak and even lazy conclusion, but that doesn't stop 90 minutes that come before it. This truly is deserving of being unforgettable.

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10/13/07 01:45 PM
Ryan Cracknell
Calgary Movies
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I knew nothing before I saw this film, except I heard it was intense (it is) and a little violent (also true). It's also well made, disturbing, and rather hard to forget.

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07/30/07 09:40 PM
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com
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an impressively noirish moral fable that, for all its bleakness, offers ample rewards to those willing to take a chance on it.

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07/02/07 05:26 AM
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film
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Biting into the dubious apple of the new market economy.

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04/22/07 09:20 PM
Prairie Miller
WBAI Web Radio
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03/01/07 03:37 AM
Jason Ferguson
Orlando Weekly
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At its center is an astonishing set-piece that will rivet almost any moviegoer.

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03/01/07 03:37 AM
Lewis Beale
Film Journal International
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the most artsy spin on The Most Dangerous Game ever plunked down on the screen.

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02/12/07 11:03 AM
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com
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A gritty, high attrition-rate mindbender guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat from start to its shocking finale.

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02/09/07 12:55 PM
Kam Williams
BlackFilm.com
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Easier to admire than it is to sit through, the French film 13 (Tzameti) is an exercise in stylish depravity that may one day be viewed as the debut of a great filmmaker.

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01/19/07 02:13 PM
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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Comes off like a punch in the stomach. A terrific, focused first-effort by the Georgian emigre Gela Babluani.

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01/19/07 02:11 PM
Jim Slotek
Jam! Movies
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A tightly screwed shocker, a suspense tour de force that proceeds through a harrowing chain of events with alarming confidence.

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01/19/07 02:11 PM
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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"13 Tzameti" has you on the edge of your seat with a story that throws unexpected punches at every corner.

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01/19/07 07:48 AM
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca
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It may be smarter than Saw II or Saw III, but it's just selling a classier brand of sadistic voyeurism.

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11/24/06 05:46 PM
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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A stylish and unnerving thriller that sucks you into surreal scenes of horror with the chilly confidence of a nightmare.

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11/10/06 03:40 PM
Shawn Levy
Oregonian
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Takes awhile to establish where it's going, but it's powered by a kind of sick dread.

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10/26/06 02:44 PM
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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The Georgian-born French director Gela Babluani makes an absorbing debut with this black-and-white thriller.

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10/13/06 02:14 PM
Walter V. Addiego
San Francisco Chronicle
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The earned payoff is an all-too-believable shocker.

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10/12/06 10:40 PM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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click for full review [Greek]

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10/03/06 08:41 AM
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses
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Gela Babluani, according to the film's sparse press kit, is only 26 years old but already knows more about suspense than some filmmakers learn in a career.

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09/29/06 08:13 PM
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
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A remarkable debut of undeniable power.

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09/23/06 04:15 AM
James Emanuel Shapiro
Reel.com
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Gela Babluani's 13 TZAMETI gets a USA release on Friday, July 28, 2006 @ Film Forum!!
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