12

When a Chechen youth is put on trial for the murder of his adoptive father, it's up to a room full of jurors divided by racism and prejudice to determine the boy's ultimate fate. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film over a year ago and is finally getting the theatrical release it deserves. Director Nikita Mikhalkov previously won Best Foreign Language Film for Burnt by the Sun and received an even earlier nomination for his film Dark Eyes starring Marcello Mastroianni.

"A riveting Russian re-do of the Reginald Rose teleplay 12 Angry Men." (Mark Keizer, Boxoffice Magazine)

"Expansively, dramatically, magnificently Russian, Nikita Mikhalkov's loose remake of Twelve Angry Men plays like vintage jazz from a veteran band." (Ronnie Scheib, Variety)

“’12’ runs roughly a hour longer than the original, including flashbacks to the Chechen war, a subplot about political corruption and more time devoted to the jurors' back stories. The time passes quickly. This is the rare remake that does honor to the spirit of the original.” (Lou Lumenick, New York Post)

“The power of the scenes lies in the actors, as 12 players essentially take the stage. Here, a troika of singular performances anchor the film -- Sergei Makovetsky as the businessman who casts the first dissenting vote and is the first to expose his own redemption story; Sergei Gazarov as the Caucasus-born surgeon whose history proves unexpectedly explosive and compelling; and Sergey Garmash as the racist cab driver who battles the others and the many indignities of his life until the end.” (Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times)