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
13 Tzameti (2006)
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Reviews Counted:64
Fresh:53
Rotten:11
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: This starkly minimalist nail-biter of a thriller relentlessly builds up the tension and keeps the audience guessing.
Theatrical Release:06-01-2006
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... [More]
Starring: George Babluani, Jean Pascal Bongard, Aurelien Recoing, Fred Ulysse
Director: Géla Babluani
Reviews for 13 Tzameti
Takes awhile to establish where it's going, but it's powered by a kind of sick dread.
10/26/06
The Georgian-born French director Gela Babluani makes an absorbing debut with this black-and-white thriller.
10/13/06
The earned payoff is an all-too-believable shocker.
10/12/06
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10/03/06
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.
09/29/06
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09/23/06
A remarkable debut of undeniable power.
09/23/06
The Babluanis are brothers to pay attention to.
09/21/06
For a movie without color, there's very little here that's black and white.
09/21/06
This is one independent hit that could probably benefit from big-budget studio treatment.
09/08/06
13 (Tzameti) might seem allegorical, but it's too cynically concerned with what works as entertainment to offer larger truths about human existence.
09/08/06
[Babluani] creates a fear so bottomless, a bad dream so plausible that its hooks tear into your consciousness.
09/07/06
This stylish heart-pounder is one of the more substance-free flicks of late, but gun to your head, you could do a lot worse.
09/07/06
...a film noir look reminiscent of the 1940's but with an excitement that is thoroughly new millennium
09/03/06
The film is exquisitely simple, and exceptionally tough, and its monochromatic visuals -- and cast of fascinating, hard-bitten faces -- make it impossible not to watch, even when events become close to unbearable.
09/01/06
The first film by a 26-year-old director (Gela Babluani) that feels like the worst of what a 26-year-old director could make.
08/25/06
Demands to be seen for the juice it manages to wring out of its central gambit but mostly for the directorial career it hints is on the horizon.
08/25/06
Get the picture? I didn’t.
08/23/06
...For sure, you won't be able to stop watching.
08/21/06
Latest News for 13 Tzameti
January 14, 2009:
13 Is Chriqui's Lucky Number 
Emmanuelle Chriqui has joined the cast of "13," the "13 Tzameti" remake that also stars Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, 50 Cent, Ray Winstone, Ben Gazzara, and Alex Skarsgard. More...
October 21, 2008:
Statham and Rourke Starring in 13 Tzameti Remake
Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, and 50 Cent have signed on to star in Gela Babluani's "13," a remake of the director's own French-language film "13 Tzameti." More...
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