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12 (2007)

12 (2007)

Drama Crime Mystery
Release Date: 2007, June 6
Directors: Nikita Mikhalkov
Countries: Russia
Production: Studio Trite
Cast: Sergey Garmash, Alexander Adabashyan, Lyubov Rudneva, Igor Vernik, Mikhail Efremov, Sergey Gazarov, Viktor Verzhbitskiy, Olga Khokhlova, Sergey Makovetskiy, Roman Madyanov, Oleksiy Horbunov, Yuriy Stoyanov

Overview:

A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.

Keywords:

racism court case jurors courtroom drama chechnya jury