We have a little update on the upcoming gela babluanis, and im sure youre going to love it after all, we have a great cast involved in this englishlanguage remake of the 2005 french movie tzameti in case you forgot, alexander skarsgard, sam riley, jason statham, curtis 50 cent, jackson. Gela babluani, the georgianborn director whose 2005 debut feature tzameti announced the arrival of a serious new talent, returns to the noir genre with money, a heistgonewrong thriller that. Momas ambitious 45title retrospective discovering georgian cinema 20142015 for instance, curated by susan oxtoby and organized in. A highconcept suspense picture set in france but centred on a young georgian immigrant, this is very potent if ultimately rather hollow filmmaking. First time director, gela babluanis film, shot in stark black and white, has deservedly won several prestigious awards, including the grand jury prize at the sundance film festival. The lives of three thieves attempting to rob a house are altered by what they see inside. Unlike the original film in which babluani also stared, this time the film had a lot of known hollywood actors and it. Temur babluanis the sun of the sleepless udzinarta mze. G iven the renewed interest in georgian cinema in recent years, it is striking that the work of temur babluani and his sun of the sleepless in particular have largely eluded the attention of western curators and programmers alike. He ends up in an underground room where mysterious people place bets on other mens lives. I feel that its getting worse, and that people like the politician in the film no longer have any idea about how the other people live. Georgianfrench helmer gela babluani, who made his englishlanguage debut with sam riley starrer, is to helm detroitset money is money. At 17 years of age, he and his three siblings were sent to study in france. Moneys money cleveland international film festival.
His first feature film tzameti won the world cinema jury prize at the sundance film festival. By continuing to use this website, you agree to the use of cookies in order to offer you content and services that are tailored to your interests. In a workingclass neighborhood in le havre, a man raises his daughter alone and encounters many financial worries. Il est en competition au 10e festival du film francophone dangouleme. Following in the tradition of japanese and some fellow european directors, frenchgoergian director gela babluani is upping stumps to the states to shoot a remake of his own film, tzameti. What unites them all, the only interest they all share, is money. In todays society, there is an increasingly bigger gap between different social classes. Description adapted from the film society at lincoln center.
Son of a major georgian director, gela babluani is a talent to watch. His first feature length film is tzameti, won the world cinema jury prize for a dramatic motion. Welcome to a platform where professionals can meet and exchange information and ideas. Join facebook to connect with gela babluani and others you may know. He is the son of the prominent director temur babluani. With several extraordinary scenes, not for the fainthearted, tzameti is less shocking for what it shows than for its portrait of the amoral world it so convincingly captures. We worked hard to enhance your user experience and bring you a modernized version of the premier network for film professionals.