![]() ![]() The setting of a prison is the same the narration is guided by the protagonist the bond between men, all are similar to ‘Shawshank Redemption’. Not only is its literary origins from the same creative brain, but it is also helmed by Frank Darabont. ![]() ‘The Green Mile’ is quite an obvious choice for the list. The cliffhanger aptly serves justice on Gaspard’s conscience, leaving his fate and that of the others to the imagination of the viewer. The final confrontation is a bewildering mix of misdirected anger and confusion. Nothing is thrust upon the viewer and instead, things take their own sweet time to transpire. ![]() Trust, thus, becomes an essential spoke in the wheel of friendship between the four. Related to The Shawshank Redemption – Lookback at Bresson: A Man Escaped (1956) But their pledge to their friends turns them back. Interestingly, ‘Le Trou’ sees two of the four inmates successfully make their way out through a manhole in the city. ![]() Unbeknownst to him and the others, life has another thing planned. A new inmate, on trial for charges laid against him by his wife, joins four other men in a single prison as the building undergoes repairs. On second viewing, though, ‘Le Trou’ evolves as a chilling tale of trust, betrayal, and fate and mantlepiece for movies that navigate weighty themes and serving a crafty story. ![]()
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