Russia,
2007, 159 min
Directed by:
Nikita MikhalkovCinematography:
Vladislav OpelyantsComposer:
Eduard ArtemyevCast:
Sergey Makovetskiy, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergey Garmash, Валентин Гафт, Aleksey Petrenko, Yuriy Stoyanov, Sergey Gazarov, Mikhail Efremov, Aleksey Gorbunov (more)Plots(1)
A loose remake of 12 Angry Men (1957), set in a Russian school in the war-torn republic of Chechnya. 12 jurors are struggling to decide the fate of a Chechen teenager who allegedly killed his Russian stepfather. 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. Amidst the battle between Chechens and Russians outside, a stray bird (a touch of New Age cinema) is flying above the jurors' heads, alluding to tolerance. (Mongrel Media)
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