Overview
Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.
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DirectorMichael Noer
WriterAaron Guzikowski
Cast
Charlie Hunnam
Henri 'Papillon' Charrière
Rami Malek
Louis Dega
Christopher Fairbank
Jean Castili
Eve Hewson
Nennete
Michael Socha
Julot
Brian Vernel
Guittou
Nicholas Asbury
Commandant
Louisa Pili
Clara
Antonio de la Cruz
Tribouillard
Andre Flynn
Galgani
Yorick van Wageningen
Warden Barrot
Nikola Kent
Deputy Warden Brioulet
Mark Phelan
Sierra
Michael Adams
Bartiloni
Roland Møller
Celier
Slavko Sobin
El Caiman
Luka Peroš
Santini
Goran Navojec
Smuggler
Dragan Mićanović
Doctor Guibert
Joel Basman
Maturette
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Keywords
prisonerbased on novel or bookbiographybased on true storyguillotineremakesolitary confinementsouth americawrongful convictionprison breakisland prisondevil's islandshockingreflectivefrench guianacomplexcriticalsentimentalwhimsicalambivalent
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