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Quick Info

Rating

7.3/10

Release2017

Runtime2h 14m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

Revenue$10,060,903

Production

Red Granite Pictures

Czech Anglo Pictures

FishCorb Films

Movie

Papillon

2017

2h 14m

7.3

Adventure

Crime

Drama

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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