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Plot summary
In present-day Moscow, twelve men are called for jury duty in the trial of a young Chechen, accused of killing his stepfather, a Russian army officer. The twelve are kept in a school gymnasium, in a makeshift room where the law requires a unanimous verdict. They come from different corners of Russian life: a physicist, the jury foreman, a nationalist taxi driver, an elderly Jew, a retired subway tunneler, a television executive, a surgeon, a comedian, a cemetery manager, an engineer and a dean. The arguments wear on, and the boy's wartime childhood returns in flashbacks. In turn, each man takes the floor, speaking about the case and about himself.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 12 (2007)
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- Russian president Vladimir Putin watched 12 at his Novo-Ogarevo residence with the film crew, Chechnya's president Ramzan Kadyrov and Ingushetia's president Murat Zyazikov, and said the film brought a tear to the eye. Opposition journalist Zoya Svetova called the film pro-Putin, saying some characters caricature Valeriya Novodvorskaya and producer Dmitry Lesnevsky.
