More and more, it’s looking like film buffs have to gaze across both oceans for their B-movie fix. A product of France and Georgia (not the Peach State, mind you), 13 (Tzameti) has already been gathering raves for its steely intensity and bold filmmaking. Gela Babluani’s film is the story of Sebastien, a down-on-his luck Georgian day laborer recently relocated to France. Working for a morphine addict who kicks off one afternoon, Sebastien steals the dead man’s train ticket, which he believes will lead him to a job for some real money. Instead, he finds himself a pawn in a high-stakes game of group Russian roulette with no way out. Filmed in sharp black and white, 13 (Tzameti) looks fraught with tension and will undoubtedly outpace the work of its big-budget American counterparts.
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