13 Tzameti follows 22 year old Sebastian, an impoverished immigrant living in France and working construction to support his family. In the process on working on his various construction jobs, he works for Gordon, a feeble morphine addict who is under strict police surveillance. Gordon then dies of an overdose and one day, Sebastian hears Gordon's widow talk about a job that he had lined up before his death. The job turns out to be more than Sebastian had bargained for, it was a highly organized and deadly gambling ring and Sebastian is eventually forced to participate in the game. Thirteen men, each identified by number plays a series of Russian Roulette games, arranging themselves in a circle and pointing a revolver to the person in front of them. Otherwise this game seems to turn out to be a modern duel, one in which is highly deadly and that one is only lucky by chance.
This film fits the characteristics of a typical mafia film, but it seems that the film strictly focuses on chance and thats what Sebastian got himself into. In other words "curiosity kills the cat." Some questions to ask are, why did Sebastian participate in the first place? Maybe it was gambling obsession or maybe it was to escape a bitter life of impoverishment.
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