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12
12 is a 2007 Russian legal drama film by director, screenwriter, producer and actor Nikita Mikhalkov. The film is a Russian-language remake of Sidney Lumet's 1957 film 12 Angry Men, which in turn was based on Reginald Rose's 1955 stage play, Twelve Angry Men, itself based on Rose's 1954 teleplay of the latter's same name.
Plot
A 12-men jury decides whether a young Chechen boy is guilty of murdering his stepfather, a Russian military officer. Initially, it seems that the boy was the murderer. However, one of the jurors votes in favour of acquittal. Since the verdict must be rendered unanimously, the jurors review the case, and one by one come to the conclusion that the boy was framed. The murder was performed by criminals involved in the construction business. The discussion is repeatedly interrupted by flashbacks from the boy's wartime childhood.
Awards
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| author | Aleksandr Novototsky-Vlasov Nikita Mikhalkov Vladimir Moiseenko |
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| award | Golden Eagle Award for Best Motion Picture |
| contentLocation | Russia |
| director | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| editor | Andrei Zaytsev Enzo Meniconi |
| events | bias conviction criminal investigation decision making fairness guilt human nature juror justice |
| genre | crime drama thriller |
| keywords | chechen people end first chechen war flashback frame intelligence officer kill military officer one by one wartime |
| musicBy | Eduard Artemyev |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film International Submission to the Academy Awards |
| producer | Leonid Vereschtchaguine Nikita Mikhalkov |
| publisher | TriTe |
| recordedAt | Moscow |
| theme | legal drama |