The 12 Jurors

The 12 Jurors (French: Les douze jurés) is a 2019 French/Belgian/Canadian suspense crime comedy film directed by Marius Saint-Yves. It was shown at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2019 and was released worldwide on December 6, 2019. The plot is based on and heavily references ''Twelve Angry Men. ''The major changes in the plot are changes brought forward and made more appropriate for a French audience.

Summary
On a cold winter's day, 12 different people serve as a jury on a murder trial. The jurors need to decide whether a French-Iranian boy is guilty or not of a murder of a federal agent with a knife based on the evidence. The evidence presented in the courtroom seems airtight and therefore it seems as if the jury will render him guilty of the crime. However, one juror does not follow the consensus and appreciates the nuances and seriousness of the verdict. His motives are unclear but he wants to entertain the thought that there is reasonable doubt about the guilt of the boy. As a result, the evidence is slowly cross-referenced and examined. Conflicts are spurred as a result of their differing personalities and strong opinions. Eventually, one by one, the jurors are convinced that there is reasonable doubt and judge the boy to be not guilty. On the end of the trial, the jurors are visibly exhausted. The juror who had rebelled and wanted to see the case through is revealed to be a prosecutor of the French Fifth Republic.