13 Tzameti is a french film about a young man living in poverty with his family. Each day he goes and works on a man's roof only to find out that the owner is invovled with something illegal and highly profitable. When the owner dies, the young man sets out on a trip meant for the owner. This decision sends him down a path that leads to gambling on murder.
The film has a very nihilistic tone where life is cheap and humans are willing to do anything to make a quick buck with little remorse. The film moves at a nice pace, blazingly fast for most modern french films, and actually has a real ending. Imagine that, a french film with an ending, what a novel idea! Anyway the whole fim is shot in black and white which helps lend to the black and white nature of man's desire i suppose. A nice film if you're in the mood for something a bit different but not too artistically dense.
Overall 7/10
The film has a very nihilistic tone where life is cheap and humans are willing to do anything to make a quick buck with little remorse. The film moves at a nice pace, blazingly fast for most modern french films, and actually has a real ending. Imagine that, a french film with an ending, what a novel idea! Anyway the whole fim is shot in black and white which helps lend to the black and white nature of man's desire i suppose. A nice film if you're in the mood for something a bit different but not too artistically dense.
Overall 7/10
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my only problem with french nihilistic films is that they are never nihilistic enough to prevent them from making films. the purist french nihilist's high demonstration of non-existance is the consumption of american cheese product slices and gargling with wine boxed in australia.
i am hoping that your assessment is accurate here.
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