12
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.
- genus: Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Studio: Studio Trite, Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematograph, Mosfilm
- keyword: court case, jurors, jury, chechnya, racism, courtroom drama
- cast: Сергей Маковецкий, Никита Михалков, Сергей Гармаш, Валентин Гафт, Алексей Петренко, Юрий Стоянов
