The whole movie was shot in a small room. After the court trial, twelve jury members discussed in the small room to determine whether the defendant was guilty. Twelve jurors had to reach a unanimous decision, and eleven agreed that the boy had indeed killed his father. However, one of them objected, he did not think that the boy did not kill his father, he just thought: "Using these certificates to send a sixteen-year-old boy to the electric chair, the certificate is not so sufficient and sure. ." He had vague doubts in his heart, and he expressed his doubts, and the dispute could not be settled, so he voted. With disputes, doubts, and repeated main dialectics, with every vote, one more person will think that the boy is innocent. Under the detailed description, gradually, some people began to agree with him, and slowly more details were discovered one by one, and more and more evidence showed that the boy might not really kill his father. . Finally, the twelve jury unanimously decided: the boy was not guilty.
Black and white movies have a long-lost intimacy, like seeing Roman Holiday or a Hitchcock movie for the first time. A warm intimacy like a childhood memory. I seldom watch such Hollywood movies in the 1950s and 1960s, especially I have no impression of the movies and stars of that era. So it's all about the dialogue, the plot, and the style of the era that kept me watching the whole movie. I have never seen a movie with so many dialogues. The plot promotion, the facts of the case, and the details of the trial are all unfolded in the dialogue. The men's faces were numb, and their movements were slightly neurotic, and the old and young were very gentlemen. It is reminiscent of what Yi Shu once said: Even if those gentle British gentlemen saw murder and arson, they would only frown slightly and say, Oh, this is not good.
Throughout the film, everyone keeps talking, but seems polite, until the end, eleven people think the boy is not guilty, only one still insists, he yells, but everyone All staring at him. He finally collapsed, throwing out a photo with his son, shouting: Why! why! Here's why! Then came the sorrowful cry. ----Maybe it goes on, he also has a son who is also ineffective, and also has a story that makes him sad.
At the end of the film, the person who first thought the boy was innocent walked out of the courtroom, it was raining outside, the first person to support him came over, smiled, shook hands, exchanged names, and then divided things up. It's a bit of a gentleman's friendship like water.
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