2017-09-07
7
134 min
prisoner based on novel or book biography based on true story guillotine remake solitary confinement south america wrongful conviction prison break island prison devil's island shocking reflective french guiana complex critical sentimental whimsical ambivalent awestruck baffled bewildered brisk complicated doubtful melodramatic
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.