Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nov 20, 2014 ist ein usamerikanischer thriller aus dem jahr 2010 des regisseurs gela babluani. In tzameti, the sadistic blood lust of an attempt to get rich quick fred ulysse plays alain in gela babluani s tzameti, a thriller about a georgian immigrant in france. Gela babluani s thriller tzameti, winner of the world dramatic grand jury prize at this years sundance film festival, offers a relentlessly bleak and downright exploitive look at the french dream. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Western starring jack nicholson, free full movie, english youtube movies. The terrible game of life is boiled down to its essentials in this new film from 26yearold georgian director gela babluani, who makes a stunning debut with what might yet become a classic. His first featurelength film is tzameti, won the world cinema jury prize for a dramatic motion picture at the sundance. In gela babluani s film tzameti, a young man lands in the weirdest game of russian roulette ever held babluani remade the french film for us audiences as , but rather than hitting. Intensely engaging and uniquely insightful tzameti is a thrillingly surreal journey that begins with the descent of a young man, sebastien georges babluani, into a sinister criminal. Acteurs georges babluani, aurelien recoing, augustin legrand. Giga agladze david turashvili paris temur babluani.
Watch tzameti movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. The 62nd annual venice international film festival opened on 31 august 2005 with tsui harks seven swords and closed on 10 september 2005 with a screening of peter hosun chans musical perhaps love. He is the son of the prominent director temur babluani. Jul 28, 2006 in tzameti, the sadistic blood lust of an attempt to get rich quick fred ulysse plays alain in gela babluani s tzameti, a thriller about a georgian immigrant in france. A debut feature, cast with french unknowns, tzameti takes viewers on. The most pronounced gallic flavor in the film, a handsome blackandwhite thriller, in which gela babluani, a georgian filmmaker, makes his.
Remake of tzameti wjason statham, ray liotta, mickey rou well this one seems to be stuck in distribution limbohell. It has won awards at both sundance and venice film festivals. Emmanuelle chriqui entourage, michael shannon boardwalk empire, alexander skarsgard true blood, david zayas dexter and ben gazzara road house costar in writerdirector gela babluani s whiteknuckle american remake of his tzameti, the film that swept europe, shocked sundance and now translates as one of the most extreme. A man takes over a dead mans task but doesnt realize the. In tzameti, its simply the urge for a quick buck that drives the main protagonist and so i hardly cared whatever happened to him. His first feature length film is tzameti, won the world cinema jury prize for a dramatic motion. Aug 08, 2010 intensely engaging and uniquely insightful tzameti is a thrillingly surreal journey that begins with the descent of a young man, sebastien georges babluani, into a sinister criminal. Handyman vince ferro sam riley is in a serious financial bind, and he decides to steal a mysterious envelope containing a lucrative job offer. Oct 28, 2011 sam riley, left, and ray winstone in, the georgian director gela babluanis american remake of his own film. It also marks the acting debut of his younger brother georges, who plays the films protagonist sebastien. Sebastien george babluani leads an impoverished life with his immigrant family, constantly struggling to find the money for their next meal. In the film, an impoverished georgian immigrant takes the place of a dead drugaddicted criminal after accidentally learning that theres a con job in the works.
Fred ulysse plays alain in gela babluanis tzameti, a thriller. George babluani, aurelien recoing, pascal bongard, fred ulysse, nicolas pignon, vania vilers, christophe vandevelde. T he terrible game of life is boiled down to its essentials in this new film from 26yearold georgian director gela babluani, who makes. Gela babluani, according to the films sparse press kit, is only 26 years old but already knows more about suspense than some filmmakers learn in a career. Sep 29, 2006 gela babluani, according to the films sparse press kit, is only 26 years old but already knows more about suspense than some filmmakers learn in a career. Pascal bongard and aurelien recoing also give entertaining performances during the meat of the film. At 17 years of age, he and his three siblings were sent to study in france. In 2010 he completed an american version of tzameti titled.
He gets a job roofing the house of a drug addict who has the misfortune of overdosing before sebastien can finish, and subsequently paid. His first featurelength film is tzameti, won the world cinema jury prize for a dramatic motion picture at the sundance film festival. Vince ferro sam riley, the protagonist of the georgian director gela babluani s, is a parttime electrician whose family may have to sell its home in ohio to pay his fathers medical bills. A young man follows instructions meant for someone else in looking for a way out of his deadend job and to provide a better living for his poor family, and unwittingly ends up in a deadly underworld game. New york as leaden as the bullets whose random behavior it revolves around, gela babluani s fails to recapture the sweaty tension of his original tzameti, a french import that reeked of. Sebastien george babluani is a young construction worker who assumes the identity of another man and his envelope with the instructions for a mysterious job that promises a good profit. I look forward to watching more films from this clearly talented director. Mar 29, 2007 leave it to a pair of 20something emigres from the exsoviet republic of georgia to turn in the years best snuff film. Sebastien george babluani leads an impoverished life with his immigrant family, constantly struggling to find the money for their next. Gela babluani s tzameti sebastien doesnt necessarily choose to participate in the horrific games hes roped into, yet once he is forced into competition, the pot of gold at. George babluani, aurelien recoing, fred ulysse en pascal bongard. The most important book totv adaptations coming in 2020.
Gela babluani s directorial debut is a winnertakeall thriller, where an unfortunate young man is transformed into the thirteenth contestant in an incredibly inhuman game. His first featurelength film is tzameti, won the world. Im sure the closure of paramount vantage has a bit part in that, but as of this time it still does not have a us distributor. The side story line of a police investigation into the clandestine gatherings went nowhere and didnt contribute anything. Feeling that has nothing to lose, he decides to risk and take his chances. Writerdirector gela babluani s debut is a spare, icecold thriller that combines the.
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