Borgo vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.8/10 for Borgo). Borgo is the shorter watch at 1h 58m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2024). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Borgo
The Shawshank Redemption| Borgo | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 58m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stéphane Demoustier | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Vincent Colombe, Michel Fau, Hafsia Herzi, Pablo Pauly, Moussa Mansaly | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Borgo
Melissa is an experienced, exemplary prison guard. But a dangerous spiral is set into motion when she transfers to a Corsican jail, where she accepts help and protection from inmate Saveriu to get her bearings. Upon his release, he contacts Melissa expecting to collect.
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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