13 Tzameti (2005)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Géla Babluani

Writer:

Géla Babluani (writer)

Release Date:

6 January 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Sebastian, a young man, has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else, without knowing where they will take him...

Plot Keywords:

Spin Pistol Cylinder | Following Instructions | 100 Euro Bill | Recognition Code | Taxi Driver

Awards:

8 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

George Babluani	...	Sébastien
Pascal Bongard	...	Le maître de cérémonie
Aurélien Recoing	...	Jacky
Fred Ulysse	...	Alain
Nicolas Pignon	...	Le parrain
Vania Vilers	...	Mr. Schlondorff
Olga Legrand	...	Mme Godon
Christophe Vandevelde	...	Ludo
Augustin Legrand	...	José
Jo Prestia	...	Pierre Bléreau
Serge Chambon	...	L'Organisateur
Philippe Passon	...	Jean-François Godon
François Rimbau	...	Un flic
Frédéric Epaud	...	Un parieur (as Fred Epaud)
François Tissot	...	le gendarme Guillouet
Urbain Cancelier	...	Le contrôleur SNCF
Joseph Malerba	...	Le comptable
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Noureddine Ameur	...	Mr. Meyer
Djalalli Amouche	...	Abel
Melchior Aquino	...	Keller
Hervé Babadi	...	Patrick Henri
Laura Babluani	...	Sissy
Temur Babluani	...	Sadik
Laurent Bariteau	...	Florent
Robert Beaupré	...	Alain Qtull
Philippe Beautier	...	Jean
Claude Billois	...	Martin Ott
Didier Bobet	...	Zachary
Gilles Bongibault	...	Thierry
Karim Bouguerra	...	Ibrahim
Bernard Bouillon	...	Le chef de bureau
Cédric Bouvier	...	Le stagiaire
Matteo Capelli	...	Antonio
Alexandre Cardimalli	...	L'homme à la veste rouge
Didier Champion	...	Bernard Loublier
Simon Cohen	...	Robin
Didier Constant	...	L'homme à la veste verte
Jean-Pierre Cormarie	...	Olivier
Jean-Pierre Cottin	...	Mr. A
Christelle Coulée	...	Coralie Dubouvié
Stéphane De Fraia	...	Alban
Jean-Michel Delaloche	...	Stéphane Delbesque
Benoît De La Porte	...	Yann
Cyril Depricx	...	Tristan
Louis Donval	...	Nacho
Jean-Paul Dortone	...	Pascal Robert
Emmanuel Du Coulebrat	...	Daniel
Daniel Faure	...	Mathieu
Serge Feuillard	...	Joseph
Laurent Ficher	...	Maxime Sohn
Eric Fouchet	...	Allan Helbling
Marc-Antoine Frederic	...	Jonas
Olivier Galliano	...	Gary
Jacques Gallo	...	Quentin Gallienne
Patrice Garelli	...	Ian
Alain Girardot	...	Fabrice
Philippe Gluck	...	Kevin
André Huet	...	Zwuelski
Mohammed Ikrou	...	Serkan
Daniel Isoppo	...	Mr. François de Neuilly
Pascal Ivancic	...	Albert
Franck Jean Elie	...	Elie
Pierre Johann	...	Sohan
Irène Joseph Edouard	...	Tommy
Philippe Kieffer	...	Théodore Vetter
Nadir Lalouhi	...	Momo
Jacques Lapolye	...	Mr. Hypolitte Fussler
François Legrand	...	Marcus
Jean-Baptiste Legrand	...	Ronald
Jean-Paul Lopez	...	Charles Edouard
Gaston Marcantoni	...	Gaston
Jacqueline Martin	...	Martina
Bruno Mary	...	Gernot Schleu
Mohammed Mazari	...	Sahid
Patrick Michaelis	...	Ulysse
Christian Nedjel	...	Noel
Pascal Oumaklouf	...	Okaladar
Jérôme Paquatte	...	Emeric Pédé
Franck Pejoux	...	Robert
Jean-Pierre Pivolot	...	Ilo
Hugo Potherath	...	Lucas
Olivier Rabourdin	...	Benjamin Boudier
Stéphane Roquet	...	Nicolas Schillcul
Jacques-Maurice Rousseau	...	Steeve MacDoom
Yann Schmidt	...	Dave
Eric Sebaki	...	Allah
Philippe Smail	...	Smain
Philippe Solakian Vasken	...	Tobias
Jean-Luc Solal	...	Mr. le Merdique
Grégory Songelin	...	L'homme à la veste rose
Vincent Stupaert	...	John
Jean-Pierre Surmonne	...	Philippe Lazare
Christophe Tanchaud	...	Dorian
Marie Thomas	...	Betty Applegate
Paul Van Den Houten	...	Vancouvert
Philippe Villiers	...	Damien
Avtandil Makharadze	...	Father (uncredited)

Directed by
Géla Babluani

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Géla Babluani		writer

Produced by
Géla Babluani	....	producer
Bruno Daniault	....	co-producer
Jean-Marie Delbary	....	co-producer
Nathanaël Karmitz	....	co-producer
Jean-Baptiste Legrand	....	producer
Alexandre Meliava	....	co-producer
Morteza Mohammadi	....	co-producer
Olivier Oursel	....	co-producer
Fanny Saadi	....	producer

Original Music by
Arnaud Taillefer		(as East)

Cinematography by
Tariel Meliava

Film Editing by
Noémie Moreau

Casting by
Stéphane Batut

Production Design by
Bernard Péault

Makeup Department
Anna Paradisi	....	key makeup artist
Raphaële Thiercelin	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Nabila Daniault	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julien Darras	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Brice Rouyar	....	storyboard artist
Victor Saumont	....	property master

Sound Department
Christophe Bourreau	....	foley artist
Clément Cartallas	....	boom operator
Matthieu Dallaporta	....	adr recordist
Matthieu Dallaporta	....	sound editor
Matthieu Dallaporta	....	sound re-recording co-mixer
Julien Gigliotti	....	boom operator
Florent Klockenbring	....	boom operator
Didier Lozahic	....	sound re-recording mixer
Didier Lozahic	....	supervising sound editor
Elias Ludovic	....	sound
Stéphane Roché	....	boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Loïc Andrieu	....	Steadicam operator
Perdreau Antoine	....	electrician
Pascal Auffray	....	focus puller
Pierre Chevrin	....	focus puller
Marie-sophie Daniel	....	assistant camera
Nicolas Desaintquentin	....	focus puller
Pierre-Louis de Stefano	....	grip
Sébastien Fanchault	....	grip
Julien Gallois	....	gaffer
Jean Baptiste Gerthoffert	....	electrician
Benoît Glaux	....	focus puller
William Hulin	....	assistant camera
Aurélien Landreau	....	electrician
Christophe Le Caro	....	assistant camera
Grégory Mamou	....	second assistant camera
Daniel Marie-Sophie	....	assistant camera
Nicolas Martin-Beuchet	....	electrician
Teddy Moireau	....	electrician
Guillaume Noël	....	grip
Mathieu Pasdeloup	....	electrician
Jérôme Robin	....	electrician
Laurent Usse	....	key grip

Editorial Department
Nicolas Criqui	....	assistant editor
Nabila Daniault	....	color timer
Anita Roth	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Lohengrin Braconnier	....	assistant music mixer
Didier Lozahic	....	music mixer

Other crew
Andy Achard	....	location manager
Sabine Bauchart	....	production secretary
Morvan Le Hoach	....	administrator
Benoît Salvi	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Sacha Guillaume	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Les Films de la Strada (presents)
• Quasar Pictures (co-production)
• Solimane Productions (co-production)
• MK2 Productions (co-production) (as MK2)
• Canal+ (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)

Distributors

• MK2 Diffusion (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Filmmuseum Distributie (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Lighthouse Pictures (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Palm Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Revolver Entertainment (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Weltecho (2008) (Germany) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Xenix Filmdistribution (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Bir Film (2006) (Turkey) (all media) (limited)
• Lumière Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Notro Films (2006) (Spain) (all media)
• RUSCICO (2006) (Russia) (all media)
• Siren Visual Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Video Film Express (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Runtime:

93 min | Argentina:95 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Country:

France

Language:

French | Georgian | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | France:-16 | Argentina:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Japan:R-15 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | Australia:MA (2008) | New Zealand:R18

Company:

Les Films de la Strada

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: When Sebastien returns to the home to see about the work and about getting paid, and Mrs. Godon informs him that the house is the responsibility of Jean Francois's sister, the shadow of a boom can be seen on the wall.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Luck (2009/I)

A simple premise filmed with style and tension.

The idea is simple and easy to follow without many ploys or elaborate schemes.

The quality of the film comes from the build up of tension throughout, the camera work involves a lot of close ups on peoples faces and this gives us a real view of their fear and desperation.

Babluani does a great job in the lead as an ordinary man who is out of his depth and has no alternative except to play along.

There are a few twists in the tale to keeping you guessing and the ending is good with the atmosphere remaining taut right to the end.

No clichés or other silliness just good directing and acting.