簡(jiǎn)介：George, a scientist living in Rotterdam is growing wary of the world of academia. The sudden death of an old friend is the incentive he needs to return to his African roots where he takes over a dilapidated field station in the jungle of Equatorial Guinea. There he meets an orphan boy with a sunny disposition who opens George's wary eyes to this colorful place. The boy plays matchmaker between George and the lady who runs the local orphanage and all seems rosy until an old friend of George's shows up out of nowhere to throw their lives into disarray as George discovers there are many obstacles on the road to redemption and a few more where the road runs out.
20世紀(jì)40年代末，小有成就的年銀行家安迪（姆·羅賓斯 Tim Robbins 飾）因涉嫌殺害妻子及她的情而鋃鐺入獄。在座名為肖申克的獄內(nèi)，希望似乎無(wú)縹緲，終身監(jiān)的懲罰無(wú)疑注定安迪接下來(lái)灰暗望的人生。未過(guò)久，安迪嘗試接囚犯中頗有聲望瑞德（摩根·弗曼 Morgan Freeman 飾），請(qǐng)求對(duì)方幫自己搞來(lái)小錘。以此為契機(jī)，人逐漸熟稔，安也仿佛在魚(yú)龍混、罪惡橫生、黑混淆的牢獄中找屬于自己的求生道。他利用自身專(zhuān)業(yè)知識(shí)，幫助獄管理層逃稅、黑錢(qián)，同時(shí)憑借瑞德的交往在犯中間也漸漸受到遇。表面看來(lái)，已如瑞德那樣對(duì)堵高墻從憎恨轉(zhuǎn)為處之泰然，但對(duì)自由的渴望仍使他朝著心中的望和目標(biāo)前進(jìn)。關(guān)于其罪行的真，似乎更使這一朝前推進(jìn)了一步…本片根據(jù)著名家斯蒂芬·金（Stephen Edwin King）的原著改編噓
