Sidney Lumet’s taut courtroom drama confines twelve jurors to a sweltering room where a single dissenting vote forces a night of moral reckoning. Based on a simple premise, the film unspools through sharp dialogue, measured close-ups and a growing sense of claustrophobia as personalities and prejudices are interrogated. It explores justice, reasonable doubt and collective responsibility, relying on ensemble performances—led by Henry Fonda—to turn procedural debate into an intense human study of conscience.
In original English version with French subtitles.
