Synopsis
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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Cast
- George BabluaniSebastien
- Aurélien RecoingJacky
- Pascal BongardLe maître de cérémonie
- Fred UlysseAlain
- Nicolas PignonRomain
- Vania VilersM. Schloendorf
- Christophe VandeveldeLudo
- Olga LegrandChristine Godon
- Augustin LegrandJosé
- Philippe PassonJean-François Godon
Recommendations
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New York Post
Starts slowly but builds, Hitchcock-style, to a terrifying crescendo. And don't fool yourself into thinking you know what's going to happen. - 75
The A.V. Club
Géla Babluani is unmistakably a first-timer, and his debut project is raw and rough-edged. But he aces the way simple images can make the most of a simple story. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Shot in neorealist black-and-white, it opens like a gritty slice of social drama, then takes a sharp turn into bleak, existential horror. - 75
New York Daily News
The resulting jolts add up to one unforgettably surreal nightmare. Just be sure your heart can handle any surprises headed your way. - 70
Variety
Shot like the grunge version of a '50s noir thriller from France (or Soviet Georgia), the black-and-white 13 (Tzameti) turns into a shocker of Tarantino proportions in protracted sequences of explosive violence that leave viewers quaking. - 70
The New Yorker
The work of both Babluani brothers is weirdly stilled and mature, already devoid of the need to show off--serves only to thicken the horror. - 60
Salon
For me, the meticulous style, the fascination with ritualized (and ludicrous) violence and the film-geek self-referentiality all seem like markers of a film made by a young man, for other young men. If I were 23, and full to the brim with dark-hearted existentialism, I might love it too. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Not for the faint-hearted.
