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Aug 24, 2018 · Papillon needs Dega’s money to plan an escape—Dega needs Papillon’s protection from everyone else around them. It’s a perfect match of brawn and brain. The conditions in the colony are brutal, including regular murders and assaults.
- Papillon movie review & film summary
The movie begins with Charriere (McQueen), nicknamed...
- Papillon movie review & film summary
Convicted murderer Henri Charriere (Steve McQueen), known as "Papillon" for his butterfly chest tattoo, is transported to French Guiana to serve his sentence in a work camp.
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- Franklin J. Schaffner
- PG
- Steve Mcqueen
Aug 24, 2018 · Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon's escape.
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- Michael Noer
- R
- Charlie Hunnam
The movie begins with Charriere (McQueen), nicknamed Papillon (or “butterfly”) on board a prison ship. He meets Louis Dega ( Dustin Hoffman, peering through Coke bottle glasses), the most famous counterfeiter in France.
Papillon review: This claustrophobic remake of a classic prison drama has nothing new to say. Charlie Hunnam throws himself into the role of real-life escapee Henri Charrière, but Michael...
- Geoffrey Macnab
- 2 min
Papillon Review. The based on true story of Henri Papillion Charriere, a petty criminal wrongly accused of murder and sentenced to the island penal colony off the shore of French Guiana, and...
Aug 24, 2018 · Based on the international best-selling autobiographic books Papillon and Banco, Papillon follows the epic story of Henri “Papillon” Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island.
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