Papillon

– Henri "Papillon" Charrière is convicted in Paris for a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 13 Minutes
Release Year:
2017
Papillon (2017)

Henri "Papillon" Charrière is convicted in Paris for a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he becomes obsessed with escaping. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts, he's sent to the notorious prison Devil's Island, a place from which no one has ever escaped.

Papillon (2017) - Trailer

Release Date:

24 Aug 2018

Language:

English, Spanish

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Michael Noer

Writer:

Aaron Guzikowski (screenplay by), Henri Charrière (based upon the books "Papillon" and "Banco" by), Dalton Trumbo (based upon the 1973 screenplay "Papillon" by), Lorenzo Semple Jr. (based upon the 1973 screenplay "Papillon" by)

Main Actors:

Charlie Hunnam, Damijan Oklopdzic, Christopher Fairbank, Jason Ryan

Plot:

Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

Production:

Bleecker Street

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
Metacritic:
51%