Birds of Passage vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7.3/10 for Birds of Passage). Birds of Passage is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2018). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Birds of Passage
The Shawshank Redemption| Birds of Passage | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 1994 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | Colombia | – |
| Director | Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Natalia Reyes, José Acosta, Carmiña Martínez, Greider Meza, José Vicente | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Birds of Passage
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
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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