It's a film that requires a bit of background on the Chechen-Russian feud to understand, and it's available in both 1957 and 2007 versions.
The storyline is simple: a Chechen boy accused of murdering his Russian officer's stepfather, all witnesses and evidence against him, is discussed by 12 jury members who will decide the boy's future.
The 12 jurors were from different professions and different races. At the beginning, everyone was absent-minded and didn't care about this case. They only thought that it was a simple errand. As long as everyone found the boy guilty according to the evidence, they could leave as soon as possible, and everyone was busy.
Except for one of the 12 jurors, a physics researcher, he used his life experience to remind other jurors whether we need to give others a chance. The physics researcher evoked respect for life in 11 other people, and they began to take the case seriously, telling stories and experiences from their own lives, examining their own inner worlds while deciding the boy's fate.
In this closed space, what collided was not just a discussion of the boy's life and death, but more of a right to seek life for a person who would not defend himself, to discuss respect for human nature, and to discuss the relationship between the two nations. The grievances and grievances between the 12 men are not only the words of the 12 men, but also the reflection and discussion of the entire Russian nation on the Chechnya issue.
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