It is an American drama film written and directed by Frank Delabont, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.
The Shawshank Redemption
It is a Douban high-scoring film based on the 1982 novella of the same name, which was released in the United States on September 23, 1994. In 1995, the film received seven nominations at the 67th Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
The film was recommended not because it had been nominated for Oscars, but because it was not just a film, but a guide to life.
This is a film that exudes a rational light, and although its main scene takes place in a prison called "Shawshank", the main plot reflects positive energy.
This is a film adapted from a novella, and the plot is not complicated.
A successful banker named Andy Dufran, who had a successful career and a happy family, married a beautiful wife.
Andy
But because he is somewhat introverted and taciturn, he gradually loses the heart of his beautiful wife, his wife and a golf coach have a hot fight, the adultery is discovered by Andy, he does have a motive to kill, but the real situation, the murderer is someone else.
Andy was wrongfully imprisoned, and when he arrived at Shawshank Prison, he did not succumb to the prison bully, nor did he complain about himself, he was always calm and rational, and he thought about how to get out almost as soon as he entered the cage.
Trying to live decently in prison whether or not you end up in prison, Andy was a successful banker before he was in prison, and in today's terms, a senior professional.
Even in prison, his talent was discovered and appreciated, he began to deal with the tax profession for the prison guards, and received certain preferential treatment, and his talent attracted the attention of the warden and became a tool for him to launder money.
The warden could not do without him and did not want him to leave the prison he was in charge of, so he instructed his men to kill a prisoner who could testify and help Andy clear his grievances.
warden
After that incident, Andy sped up the process of escape, and all he had been doing for twenty years was digging holes, and finally succeeded.
He escaped from the unpleasant sewers, finally smelled the breath of freedom, after he escaped from prison, he did not forget to wash himself away from his grievances, he had been collecting evidence for all these years in prison, in addition to the evidence to prove his innocence, there was also enough evidence to investigate the warden.
When he was doing things for the warden in prison, he left a hand and firmly held the evidence in his own hands, and in the real world, some people were forced to do evil, for a long time, they also felt taken for granted, and they no longer wanted to get out of the mud, while Andy was different, although he was deeply imprisoned and coerced by evil forces, he never forgot his original intention.
It is no wonder that this film is highly regarded by many people and has become a classic, not without reason, this film has an important keyword, that is, "hope".
Hope is like a beacon of life, guiding the journey of life, once people have no hope, life becomes gray, Andy not only out of the shadows himself, but also helps the "good man" Red in prison to find new hope in life, avoiding the end of the prison librarian Lao Bu.
Red
"The Shawshank Redemption" is a life philosophy film, for those of us who are in the invisible "Shawshank Prison", after watching this film, the realm of life may have a great sublimation.
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