The film reflects the racial issues in American society, the social status of the poor and the rich, and even major themes of life and death. Matthew's lifestyle makes him always look at and resist everything around him with a prejudice, and resist the trial of the law. With the deeper contact with Sister Helen, he finally discovered the true meaning of happiness, goodness and love in misfortune, evil and indifference. It takes great courage for a person to face the essence of life. After awakening, Matthew was brave. In the end, he lost his life, but he truly became a person. He finally found his shame through God, so punishment has its ultimate meaning .
In the back of the film, when Matthew was executed, the director gave close-ups of the faces of the family members who were watching the execution. Their angry faces also passed a trace of imperceptible pity. Death prisoners face the death penalty with a heart of confession, and go to death with hatred. Although the execution result is the same, the execution effect is far different. In the face of such criminals, if judicial officials can make more considerations and carry out emotional communication and emotional counseling within their ability, it is not an unnecessary move, but it will have a subtle positive effect on the restoration of social relations. .
The film is a movie that shocks people's hearts. It is different from most Hollywood movies which pay attention to strong rhythm, rich suspense and beautiful and dazzling stars, but uses simple techniques to finely describe the process of a criminal's soul getting redemption before dying. Susan Sarandon's performance is meticulous, showing the noble spiritual realm of a nun to the audience. And Sean Justin Penn showed the psychological changes of a cruel criminal in one go, without any hypocrisy. The film alluded to the contradiction that the crime caused the relatives of the victim to regard the criminal as an enemy, sentenced to prison or executed, and the relatives of the criminal regarded the relatives of the victim as the enemy. To solve this "retribution of injustice," the death knot requires the love of judicial workers. The broad mind and lofty moral appealing power
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