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The film "Dead Man Walking", tells the story of a murder that took place by two men, who killed a teenage couple. This is the background of what the main story is about. Sister Helen Prejean (played by Susan Sarandon) is on a mission to heal the sins of one of the murderers, Matthew Poncelet (Penn), who is on death row. The movie has major themes of faith, redemption, and forgiveness. The biggest theme in the film is forgiveness. The forgiveness of God upon man and the forgiveness of one another. Poncelet and Prejean learn from One another about the humanity that lives in all of us. The film is about Poncelet and his friend who kill a boy and a girl one fateful night. They kill the boy and rape and murder the