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Papillon

The greatest escape adventure ever told

2017 · R · 2h 14m

Directed by Michael Noer

7.3

TMDB audience score
2,234 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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