13 Tzameti

13 Tzameti (2006) is a French thriller by Georgian-born director Gela Babluani — shot entirely in black and white — that you can watch online on iFILM.

Sebastian, a young immigrant laborer, intercepts a set of instructions meant for someone else. He follows them hoping for fast money, with no idea where they lead. They take him to a clandestine operation where wealthy men place bets on the lives of others: a multi-player version of Russian roulette, staged in a sealed room. A cop named Dorez has been tailing Sebastian, but arrives far too late to change what happens inside.

Babluani's debut feature took the Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival and the FIPRESCI prize. Its tension comes almost entirely from waiting — no score, minimal dialogue, cold geometry. Few thrillers of this length feel as suffocating. Stream 13 Tzameti (2006) online on iFILM.