Psychologic thriller

There are 12 jurymen. The majority of them are in the court for the first time. Each of them has his own life story and personal views – they are completely different. One of jurymen has graduated from Oxford and soon is going to launch the reality-show, another one is a scientist- inventor, the third one works in the underground. It is doubtful, whether they could meet somewhere, but if they would, definitely they wouldn`t even notice each other. But now the destiny of the Chechen boy, who even doesn`t speaks Russian is in their hands. Possibly, the boy has killed his stepfather, the Russian officer.

Results of the voting: 11- pro, 1 – contra. How is that, everything seemed to be so clear. “Don`t you understand, this is for life,” says that one. The main problem, that the decision should be accepted by everyone. So once again they have to examine everything, to look through the protocols, to rebuild the locus delicti. At the same time each of twelve recollects his own life disastrous moments.

The Mikhalkov`s film is more likely to be the performance, that takes place in the school gym, because the court building hasn`t been still repaired. Each person corresponds to some kind of people, reflecting the entire kaleidoscope of images. One possesses something from Bulgakov`s famous character Sharikov, the other is so charming like Arkadi Rajkin. “The Twelve” makes us to think and draws our attention to the realities of the time. Based on the “12 Angry Man”, the movie produced by Sydney Lumet in 1957, Mikhalkov created new, modern and very Russian film

Trailer:

Directed by:

Nikita Mikhalkov

Cast:

Sergey Makovetski
Nikita Mikhalkov
Sergey Garmash
Valentin Gaft
Alexey Petrenko
Juriy Stoyanov
Sergey Gazarov
Mikhail Efremov
Alexey Gorbunov
Sergey Artsibashev

Production:

TriTe Studio, Russia, 2007

Feature:

Drama, Psychologic thriller

Duration:

140 min.