Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting up a final showdown.
When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
"12 angry men" (working title) - remake of original american movie by Sidney Lumet. Play, on which is based movie, was first theatrical event for young student of the Schukin theatrical masterschool - Nikita Mikhalkov.
New movie is a story of 12 jurors, who must decide is 18-years old boy guilty in his futher's death. Film is a reflection about what is freedom. The main character is Chechen boy.
This is a chamber movie, the act takes place in one room. Mihalkov is convinced that nowadays the film, which was revelation of world cinematograph of 60-ties, needs quiet new movie language that won't leave modern audience indifferent. All the roles will play Russian movie stars.
Cast: Ņikita Mihalkovs, Sergejs Makoveckis, Sergejs Garmašs, Aleksejs Petrenko, Valentīns Gafts
Directed by Ņikita Mihalkovs