"12" (2007) / review and/or viewer comments - Christian Spotlight on the Movies

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

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Primary Audience:

Adults

Genre:

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Length:

159 min.

Year of Release:

2007

USA Release:

20 September, 2007 (Russia)

Relevant Issues

What are the consequences of racial prejudice and false beliefs about the origin of races? Answer

Get biblical answers to racial hot-topics. Where did the races come from? How did skin color come about? Why is it important to have a biblical foundation for such issues?

War in the Bible

What is the Biblical perspective on war? Answer

Murder

Featuring:	Sergei Makovetsky, Sergei Garmash, Aleksei Petrenko, Yuri Stoyanov, Sergei Gazarov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Mikhail Yefremov, Valentin Gaft, Aleksei Gorbunov, Sergei Artsybashev, Viktor Verzhbitsky, Roman Madyanov, Aleksandr Adabashyan, Apti Magamaev
Director:	Nikita Mikhalkov
Producer:	Studio Trite
Distributor:	Sony Pictures Classics

Producer’s Synopsis: “A loose remake of ‘12 Angry Men,’ set in a Russian school in the war-torn republic of Chechnya. 12 jurors are struggling to decide the fate of a Chechen teenager (Apti Magamaev) who allegedly killed his Russian stepfather. The jurors: a racist taxi-driver, a suspicious doctor, a vacillating TV producer, a Holocaust survivor, a flamboyant musician, a cemetery manager, and others represent the fragmented society of modern day Russia. Amidst the battle between Chechens and Russians outside, a stray bird (a touch of New Age cinema) is flying above the jurors heads, alluding to tolerance.”

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