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Papillon (2017)

Papillon
Papillion
R
Biography
Crime
Documentary
Drama

Release Date
September 7, 2017
Director
Michael Noer
Cast
Charlie Hunnam , Rami Malek , Tommy Flanagan , Michael Socha , Nina Senicar , Máté Haumann
Runtime
133
Main Genre
Biography
Writers
Henri Charrière , Aaron Guzikowski
Tagline
The greatest escape adventure ever told

Summary

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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