12 Citizens (2014)

Original title

十二公民

Directed by

Xu Ang

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A jury of 12 men argue over the guilt of a young defendant in a murder trial. One juror challenges the group's near-unanimous verdict, forcing them to reexamine the evidence.

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What happens

12 Citizens (Chinese: 十二公民) is a 2014 Chinese suspense crime drama film directed by Xu Ang. It was shown at the 2014 Rome Film Festival on October 19, 2014 and was released in China on May 15, 2015. The plot is based on and heavily references the plot of the 1954 teleplay Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose. Various localization changes were made, such as changing the original, everyman protagonist into a Prosecutor of the Chinese Communist Party. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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