Dead Man Walking

A detailed Summary of Dead Man Walking

The film "Dead Man Walking" is a film about redemption. The film is

directed by Tim Robbins. Susan Sarandon plays a Nun called Sister Helen

Prejean. She is asked by a convicted murderer to get him a lawyer, and then

later is asked to be his spiritual advisor. The convicted killer is named

Matthew Poncelet, and he is played by Sean Penn. The film is set in the

Angola state penitentiary, in Louisiana. Matthew Poncelet first asks her to

get him a lawyer so he can repeal his Death sentence. Sister Helen gets him a

lawyer, but they fail after several good attempts to get him off death row.

Sister Helen begins to come to him almost every day after Poncelet asks her

to be his spiritual advisor on the day of his death. During this phase of the

film Sister Helen tries to get Poncelet to tell her about his own life. Poncelet

tells her about his life and why he was put on death row. Poncelet was

convicted along with another man in the murder of the youth and a girl after

raping the girl. Sister Helen is very sympathetic and is also looked down

upon for this reason. Though she is repressed she still goes on helping

Poncelet and she digs around in his feelings and soul. Sister Helen eve

more important. He did achieve his purpose with this film.

and blamed most of his actions on the happenings of his life. Though he was

Poncelet's shoes, maybe they would feel different about the death penalty.

punishment is not necessary, but the redemption of the human soul is much

crime. Most of them have a line from the old testament committed to

the killing of a person who has killed before. I believe that God loves all his

in the film would have stopped and though what it would be like to be in

is not right in all circumstances, but the redemption and preservation of the

The purpose of this film, I believe, was to show that capital punishment

cockroach eating, pond scum sucking freak. Poncelets disposition is that of a

She stands by him for support and love that he can not get anywhere else.

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