hope in prison

Emotional struggles of a private prisoner.

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.

Hope is a film that tries to showcase the rampant corruption that's seeded through various layers of the system.

Hope just celebrated her 17th birthday, she moved to town four years ago and for once, she feels good there. Probably thanks to Camille her best friend with whom she got used to using illegal substances that she is now dependent on. Despite warnings from her loved ones, Hope still uses drugs on a regular basis. But following an unexpected arrest, Hope will be deprived of the drugs, she will then have to fight against her addiction.

Female prisoners train dogs to aid people with disabilities in a program started by a nun (Laura Dern).

Hope explores the fragmented violence of war seen through the eyes of a General on his deathbed. A mind accustomed to a life on the battlefield surrenders to a stream of consciousness, mixing death, brutality, and finally, one last gesture of hope.