Using fiction to question reality
In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the 1996 murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier. Based on real events, the film reconstructs, through the discussions between these twelve people, a case that ultimately invites the viewer to draw their own conclusions.
David Merriman
Director, Writer
Jim Sheridan
Writer, Director

Colm Meaney
Ian Bailey

Aidan Gillen
Hamilton Barnes

Jim Sheridan
Juror 1

Tristan Heanue
Juror 2

John Connors
Juror 3

Gilbert Johnston
Juror 4
Elena Spautz
Juror 5
Zahara Moufid
Juror 6

Brendan Conroy
Juror 7
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