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13 Tzameti

2006 · 1h 33m · Not Rated Action, Thriller
Directed by Gela Babluani

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Overview

Sebastian, a young man, has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else, without knowing where they will take him. Something else he does not know is that Gerard Dorez, a cop on a knife-edge, is tailing him. When he reaches his destination, Sebastian falls into a degenerate, clandestine world of mental chaos behind closed doors in which men gamble on the lives of others men.

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All reviews
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh

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.

Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh

A tightly screwed shocker, a suspense tour de force that proceeds through a harrowing chain of events with alarming confidence.

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Rotten

It may be smarter than Saw II or Saw III, but it's just selling a classier brand of sadistic voyeurism.

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Fresh

The Georgian-born French director Gela Babluani makes an absorbing debut with this black-and-white thriller.

Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

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.

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

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