At 6am on May 21, 2008, armed police burst into the apartment of Austrian dog trainer and animal-rights activist Sabine Koch, arresting her. After three months in custody, Koch, together with 12 other animal-rights activists, went on trial. They were charged with being members of a criminal organisation and therefore breaching article 273a of the Austrian Penal Code, introduced in the wake of 9/11. The article's intention is to allow the state to stifle terrorist activity. Years of observation, house searches, and undercover agents – the police left no stone unturned in its bid to prove the animal-rights activists' guilt. The sobering result: five million Euros worth of investigation, no proof and a great deal of scepticism towards the Austrian justice system – and democracy itself.
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The Trial was released in 2011 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 3 reviews, giving The Trial (2011) an average rating of 60%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 53%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Trial a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 60%, The Trial is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2011, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2011 with similar scores include films like In Time, Wuthering Heights and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.
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