12 (2007)
of Nikita Mikhalkov with Nikita Mikhalkov , Viktor Verzhbitsky
12 (the title is named after the date of 'event is narrated by the number of jurors) is an adaptation of the film Lumet '57' Angry Men ': a jury meets to decide on a seemingly simple case, but one instill in all other the seed of doubt. Mikhalov readjusts the fact all set in Russia and as an apparent culprit putting a Chechen accused of murdering his stepfather, an ex-soldier on leave.
The film is part of the fairly recent trend in new Russian cinema, made internationally famous by 'The Guardian of the Night', which apparently has little to do with this, being an action - fantasy very commercial. But if we compare the difference for these two movies with a Russian classic vein, which runs from to Sokurov Tarkovsky , there will seem clearer analogies. The style is dry, it loses all the lyrical side and the mounting is very fast, becoming frantic scenes action and the slowness, the dwell on the detail that made famous the two directors mentioned above were forgotten in favor of a film more accessible to the general public. 12 finds here its most important point, and in bringing this way of making films in a genre not only commercial but also copyright. For the rest of the reality there is little to say in turn each of the 12 jurors tell their story more or less, to reach a final non-obvious, but perhaps a bit 'far from our mentality to be understood. The recitations are generally good, the pace at times suffers from the annoying interruption of flashback and two and a half hours are not small (remember that the entire film is set in a gym), but overall the work is more than adequate and there are known particularly painful. Discounting the situation in Chechnya can not fully compensate for the lack of originality, but not one has the feeling of 'already seen', if you are interested in the evolution of Russian cinema, is a must .
Rating: 7.5
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