A Gang Story vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.8/10 for A Gang Story). A Gang Story is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2011). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Gang Story
The Shawshank Redemption| A Gang Story | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Olivier Marchal | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Lionnel Astier, Tchéky Karyo, François Levantal, Gérard Lanvin, Dimitri Storoge | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
A Gang Story
After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got involved in organized crime. The team they formed, the Ganf Des Lyonnais, made them the most notorious armed robbers of the early 1970s. Their…
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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