13 Tzameti (2005)

New French Extremity (38 movies items)

"A poor Georgian immigrant roofer steals a letter containing instructions for a mysterious job with a purportedly large payday. Blindly following the instructions, the young man unwittingly becomes caught in a dark and dangerous game. Awards: European Film Awards: uropean Discovery of the Year (Géla Babluani) Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival: Best Original Soundtrack (Arnaud Taillefer) Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema, Dramatic - Géla Babluani) Tbilisi Int"

3003 Movies Into the New Age!!!...so far? (3003 movies items)

"Directed by Géla Babluani "

A good movie

“I kept hearing good things about this flick so I thought I should check it out. Eventually, it is another example of my theory that you shouldn't know too much before watching a movie. In this case, if you know what is it about, the 30 minutes are completely useless. Thankfully, I didn't know anything and it created an ominous atmosphere, you know something fishy is going on but you never sure what it is exactly. It reminded of Hitchock in the way the suspense was built up and the begining is indeed rather slow but I thought it was rather efficient. The performances were rather poor but it was a good thing that the characters were portrayed by unknown actors (expect for one I have seen before but he is not a big star whatsoever) and it enhances the feeling of gloominess and hopelessness wh” read more

Underrated-Unknown Movies Collection (50 movies items)

"Director:Géla Babluani "

“The explosive debut of the Georgian Gela Babluani (son of award-winning director Temur Babluani) is a creepy thriller, yet tragic substance. The young writer / director creates a clear and tragic character confronted with luck. How can anyone be fooled by his fortune and escape his destiny? The youngster Sebastien, not having anything to lose, adopts another identity and shakes the universe when it enters the path for a man who knew almost nothing, believing this will give himself the right to the deprived. This (seemingly) spontaneous move will bring him face to face with a system where human values are empty and all completely determined by random events and are rewarded with money. With stoicism accepts his new position in this strange state of affairs and helpless the reaction will pla” read more