Film review: Philadelphia

Lately I have seen a film which has shocked me enormously, and I have to say that I've liked it a lot. The film is named Philadelphia, and it features the stellar performances of Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and Antonio Banderas.

SUMMARY:
This film takes place in the 80's when the AIDS was first reported. This film talks about an homosexual lawyer which accidentally contracts this pathology and is fired from the place where he works. As he thinks that the firing is not justified by his performance in his job, he decides to report this facts to the justice.

He worked in the most important company of Philadelphia, so nobody wants to defend his case, but a peculiar lawyer (Denzel Washington) who is deeply scared of AIDS and has quite an homophobical view decides to accept the case (influenced but his wife). Since this point he gradually changes the way he sees the homosexual world and he learns that AIDS can only be contracted throught the exchange of liquids. This allows him to defend this case with all his strenght, because he wants justice to do its job.

The film gives us an allternative view of the world, that leads us to admit that most of the things that we say, believe and defend are based on prejudice, and most of the times they are not even true.

OPINION:

It's been a long time since I haven't seen such a deep film. It has touched the deepest parts of my soul and has made me reflect a lot about the ways we use to see the people and the world that surrounds us. Plus, it has given me the hope that someday justice will do what it has to do, instead of protecting the interests of those who have the money.

I would recommend this film to those who like to bully other people just because they are scared of understanding them. Injustice happens every day, thousands of people see how they are rejected just for being different, but we all have the same origin and the same nature, so we deserve to be respected and accepted in the society.


Trailer down here: