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Papillon is a 2017 drama film directed by Michael Noer and also the last film by Red Granite Pictures.It tells the story of French convict Henri Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), nicknamed Papillon ("butterfly"), who was falsely imprisoned in 1933 in the notorious Devil's Island penal colony and escaped in 1941 with the help of another convict, counterfeiter Louis Dega ().
Box office. $53.2 million [6] Papillon is a 1973 historical adventure drama [7] prison film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French convict Henri Charrière. The film stars Steve McQueen as Charrière ("Papillon") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega.
Aug 24, 2018 · Papillon: Directed by Michael Noer. With Charlie Hunnam, Damijan Oklopdzic, Christopher Fairbank, Jason Ryan. 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.
- (87K)
- Adventure, Biography, Crime
- Michael Noer
- 2018-08-24
Dec 19, 1973 · A biographical crime drama based on the true story of Henri Charrière, a French convict who escaped from Devil's Island in French Guyana. The film features Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman as the main characters, and was nominated for one Oscar and won two awards.
- (139K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- 1973-12-19
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- 3 min
- 11.2M
- Bleecker Street
A movie based on the true story of Henri Charriere, a safecracker who was wrongfully convicted for murder and escaped from Devil's Island. He befriends a counterfeiter who helps him with his plan, but faces many dangers and challenges along the way.
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Mar 31, 2023 · Papillon isn’t a movie about escape; rather it’s a concentrated portrayal of a man and his fellow convicts placed in the most inhumane, undignified, and abhorrent conditions. Schaffner's two ...
