Somewhere, in a remote place by the sea, 22-year-old Sébastien repairs the roof of a house. The house’s owner dies of an overdose after receiving a strange invitation indicating that he’d get a lot of money if he follows instructions. Sébastien decides to take his place. Thus begins a treasure hunt that will lead Sébastien to an underground place shut off from the rest of the world, a nightmarish place where men bet on the lives of other men.
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An extraordinarily assured debut feature, 13 Tzameti won the top prize at Sundance. Owed money, and lacking any direction in life, Sébastien decides to take the place of a dead man on a mysterious mission. Sébastien doesn’t know what the man did, but he does know that it was awfully lucrative. Thus begins his journey toward a contemporary vision of hell, a world in which anything, even one’s life, is a commodity to be bought, sold, or wagered on. With several extraordinary scenes, not for the faint-hearted, 13 Tzameti is less shocking for what it shows than for its portrait of the amoral world it so convincingly captures. Son of a major Georgian director, Gela Babluani is a talent to watch. In French with English subtitles. Description adapted from the Film Society at Lincoln Center.
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Executive Producers :
Gela Babluani, Jean-Baptiste Legrand
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Jean-Marie Delbary, Olivier Oursel, Bruno Daniault, Morteza Mohammadi
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Fanny Saadi, Jean-Baptiste Legrand
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Feature film
Genres :
FictionSub-genre :
ThrillerProduction language :
FrenchProduction country :
FranceOriginal French-language productions :
YesNationality :
100% French (France)Production year :
2005French release :
08/02/2006Runtime :
1 h 33 minCurrent status :
ReleasedVisa number :
111.740Visa issue date :
30/11/2005Approval :
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35mmColor type :
Black & WhiteAspect ratio :
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Dolby SRDRating restrictions :
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