Yesterday I watched Dead Man Walking, a controversial movie that is, unbelievably, now 15 years old.Although tackling a huge subject(capital punishment), the movie tells a very small story about a Louisiana nun who becomes the spiritual adviser of a man on death row. The drama engages all the big issues around the death penalty (victims' rights, weighing "justice", politics, possible wrongful convictions) but does so through the narrative of a developing relationship between the two characters where they both learn to trust and to forgive. It is a very powerful, beautiful, and intelligent film.
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