Papillon

The greatest escape adventure ever told

7.3
20172h 14m

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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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PAPILLON | Official Trailer

Cast

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Charlie Hunnam

Henri 'Papillon' Charrière

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Rami Malek

Louis Dega

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Eve Hewson

Nennete

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Nicholas Asbury

Commandant

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Antonio de la Cruz

Tribouillard

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Nikola Kent

Deputy Warden Brioulet

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Michael Adams

Bartiloni

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Slavko Sobin

El Caiman

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Dragan Mićanović

Doctor Guibert

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Joel Basman

Maturette

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Reviews

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5/10

Competent is the word of the day here. The acting's not great but it's **competent**. The style isn't blowing my mind but it's shot **competently**.

_Papillon_ is the sort of movie that will have its lead hit near-anorexia to express the level of torture his character has suffered, but can't have him grow a beard past sexy manicured stubble despite being isolated in a cell with nothing for two whole years. It commits hard to half-measures. A very unusual paradox that leads to a movie that's very, **very** okay.

_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

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