Metro Cinema Society: 12

Russia 2007, 159 min, 35mm, Dir: Nikita Mikhalkov
Russian & Chechen with English subtitles

A loose remake of 12 Angry Men (1957), 12 is set in a Russian school in the war-torn republic of Chechnya as a jury struggles to decide the fate of a Chechen teenager who allegedly killed his Russian stepfather. The collective deciding body is comprised of a racist taxi-driver, a suspicious doctor, a vacillating TV producer, a Holocaust survivor, a flamboyant musician, a cemetery manager, and others representing the fragmented society of modern day Russia. Amidst the battle between Chechens and Russians outside, a stray bird (a touch of New Age cinema) flies above the jurors' heads, alluding to the potential for peace and tolerance.

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