Movies like 12
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12 (2007)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, inter cultural, captivating
Plot:
jury, courtroom drama, racism, legal, court case, murder, life is a bitch, heroes, family relations, teenage life, social differences, society, hopes, haunted by the past, murder trial, courtroom, father son relationship, lawyer, suspense, justice, social problems, chamberplay, adoption, holocaust, pianist ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
russia, chechnya, caucasus
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Duration: 117 min.
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Duration: 149 min.
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Duration: 113 min.
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Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only ...
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Duration: 105 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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