Aventurera vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7.6/10 for Aventurera). Aventurera is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 22m. Aventurera is the older of the two (1950 against 1994). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Aventurera
The Shawshank Redemption| Aventurera | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 1950 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Music | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Alberto Gout | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Andrea Palma, Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Pedro Vargas, Miguel Manzano | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Aventurera
Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to dinner with "Pretty Boy" Lucio, but he drugs her champagne and sells her to Rosaura, who runs a brothel out of her nightclub. Elena becomes a sensation as a dancer, but all the while she nurtures plans of revenge against those who have conspired against her.
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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