My Favorite Film

Well, I am going to talk about the film "The Shawshank Redemption" called in Spain "Cadena Perpetua" "life imprisonment" in English.

It may be one of my favorite film, especially due to the performance of its two main characters, Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.
I have seen a lot of films of Morgan Freeman and he always had liked me like actor, but it was in this film the first time I saw Tim Robbins and he also liked me very much.

To me, they are one of the best pairs of actors in a film. Now, I remember other duos like Paul Newman and Robert Redford in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" which was called in Spain "Dos hombres y un destino" "Two men and a fate" or in "The Sting" "El Golpe" in Spanish, or Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach in "El Bueno, el malo y el feo" or "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" in English, but they are different things. The performance of Robbins and Freeman seems to me exceptional.

Well, the plot turns around the imprisonment in the prison of Shawshank of a vice-chairman of a bank, Andrew Dufresne (Tim Robbins) after be found guilty by a court with a jury, of the murdering of his wife and her lover. He always insisted in his innocence but all the evidences were against him. He was condemned at two life imprisonments.

Andy is a person with a great sensibility who grants great importance to the literature and classical music. The prison environment is sordid and the attitude of several inmates and guards is violent. Here stands out the guards captain because of his firm hand. It is also remarkable the part of the governor of the prison who ruled it with a rod of iron.

With the time the Andy's calm behaviour attracts attention of Red (Morgan Freeman) who has been in the prison for twenty years accused with murder and capable of getting any kind of things from outside of the prison and they become good friends and the main characters of the story.

A day, Andy hears that the guards captain has received an inheritance and has to pay a lot of tax. Andy offers him his help for to pay less. After this fact, the Andy's situation is completely different. Everyone respects him in prison, both inmates and guards and even the governor. From now on, on the one hand Andy is dedicated to making tax returns from all inmates and guards, even of other prisons. On the other the governor recruits him like his financial and tax consultant and Andy is in charge of all his accounts.

Andy, little by little is getting privileges and his life in the prison is more bearable. He is sent into the library and Red becomes in his assistant. The friendship between them is every day bigger.

Another day a young guy enters prison. This is a crucial fact. This guy stars good relationship with both Andy and Red. In one occasion, when Red and the young boy are chatting about the other inmates, Red told him the reason for the imprisonment of Andy. Then, the young told Red that he was in another prison and heard the story of another inmate. The story of that inmate was the same as the story of Andy. That inmate murdered to Andy's wife and her lover.

When Andy knows the news, talks about it with the governor. The governor gets angry with him. He does not want to lose his consultant. Andy is confused. The governor does not want hearing anything about that issue and reacts violently. He orders kill the young guy. From this moment, Andy plans his revenge.

In the courtyard, Andy gives to Red, who will be released soon, several instructions to reach the place where one day they dreamed of rebuilding their lives.

The end of the film is as good or even better than the rest. Andy uncovers the governor's corruption, who finally commits suicide. Andy gets a review of his case and is released. A bit later Red gets his freedom.


Andy and Red finally meet in one heavenly beach.