The Shawshank Redemption vs Tsotsi
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7/10 for Tsotsi). Tsotsi is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2005). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Shawshank Redemption
Tsotsi| The Shawshank Redemption | Tsotsi | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.7/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 1994 | 2005 |
| Length | 2h 22m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Frank Darabont | Gavin Hood |
| Main cast | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno | Nambitha Mpumlwana, Presley Chweneyagae, Jerry Mofokeng, Terry Pheto, Zenzo Ngqobe |
Synopsis
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.
Tsotsi
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.
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