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Synopsis: A loose remake of 12 Angry Men (1957), set in a Russian school. 12 jurors are struggling to decide the fate of a Chechen teenager who allegedly killed his Russian stepfather who took the teenager to live with him in Moscow during the Chechen War in which teenager lost his parents. The jurors: a racist taxi-driver, a suspicious doctor, a vacillating TV producer, a Holocaust survivor, a flamboyant musician, a cemetery manager, and others represent the fragmented society of modern day Russia. A stray bird (a touch of New Age cinema) is flying above the jurors' heads, alluding to tolerance.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Nikita Mikhalkov
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
PG-13
Year:
2007
159 min
538 Views


This one's for the kids.

VIPs go over there.

Can anyone tell me...

...what rhymes with "Julie"?

- Julie - cruelly.

- Cruelly? That's no good.

- It's a beautiful girl named Julie.

- Julie?

Here you go...

Duly.

Newly. Unruly.

O'Dooley. Fazooli. Babooli.

Coolly...

Woolly.

Truly.

- Patchouli.

- Patchouli?

Patchouli. Truly.

Mamooli. Pap...

Oh, God...

- Is today the 12th?

- Yeah.

- Where's the TV? Over here?

- Right there.

They're interviewing my mother.

Is she a politician? An actress?

- It doesn't work?

- No.

What is this? That's it.

It doesn't work.

Our family has a TV company.

LTV. Have you heard of it?

My mother's the president.

I'm the managing director.

I help Mom.

So you're an assistant producer.

Must be a weak stomach...

- Have you ever seen anything like this?

- Sorry.

Ever seen one like this?

And she's still just a schoolgirl.

They must be well fed.

I only saw ones this big

once in my life.

- On a schoolgirl?

- What? Heavens, no.

My mother-in-law's were about this size.

We buried her three months ago.

Oh, jeez!

"Schoolmates!"

"Boys and girls!"

- Look what I found.

- Oh, wow.

"We sing the same songs"

"We read the same books"

- Let me see. God.

- Advanced classes!

Forgive me.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I lost my brother because

of that junk.

He was 36!

Oh, mama!

How much misfortune...

I have seen from this junk.

I'm sorry.

Gentlemen of the jury...

Let's get this show on the road.

Who's leading this parade?

- Yes, let's start.

- Let's go.

Actually, we do have to...

...choose a chairman for our meeting,

I mean for our jury.

You seem to have some experience.

You should be our foreman...

The phone only connects

to the boiler room.

If nobody objects...

I'd be glad to.

So, no need to vote on it, then?

As you know, our decision

must be, and will be, final.

And not subject to appeal.

And so... Attention, please.

And so...

...our vote has got to be unanimous.

We know all that.

Let's just do it fast.

Make a unanimous decision...

and leave. I'm going on tour.

We can each make comments one by one.

Then we'll vote.

- No, let's vote.

- It's obvious.

- Let's vote now.

- No comments.

- Then nobody objects if...

- No, no.

So, we can...

...vote by the usual show of hands,

or by paper ballot.

- No, by hands.

- Right.

- Let's vote.

- So we'll vote by a show of hands?

- Yes, yes.

- Of course.

All in favor, please raise your hands.

One question.

"In favor" of what?

- What?

- "In favor" of guilty, or not guilty?

Guilty, of course.

I thought it was "in favor" of voting.

We're voting on whether he is guilty.

I didn't understand, that's all.

- He didn't know

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Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (Russian: Ники́та Серге́евич Михалко́в; born 21 October 1945) is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Three times Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993,1995,1999). Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Nikita Mikhalkov won the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival (1991) and nominated for the Academy Award (1993) in the category "Best Foreign Language Film" for the film "Close to Eden". Winner of the Academy Award (1995) in the category "Best Foreign Language Film" and the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival (1994) for the film "Burnt by the Sun". Mikhalkov received the "Special Lion" of the Venice Film Festival (2007) for his contribution to the cinematography and nominated for the Academy Award (2008) in the category "Best Foreign Language Film" for the film "12". more…

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