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Papillon (2017)

134 minutes EN Drama

The greatest escape adventure ever told

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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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

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Production crew

Tom Meyer

Production Design

John Axelrad

Editor

Bojana Nikitović

Costume Design

David Buckley

Original Music Composer

Hagen Bogdanski

Director of Photography

Michael Noer

Director

Terence Chang

Executive Producer

Yan Fisher-Romanovsky

Executive Producer

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Competent is the word of the day here. The acting's not great but it's **competent**. The style isn't blowing my mind but it's shot **competently**.
_Papillon_ is the sort of movie that will have its lead hit near-anorexia to express the level of torture his character has suffered, but can't have him grow a beard past sexy manicured stubble despite being isolated in a cell with nothing for two whole years. It commits hard to half-measures. A very unusual paradox that leads to a movie that's very, **very** okay.
_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

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Official website: https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/papillon

Production companies: Red Granite Pictures, Czech Anglo Productions, FishCorb Films

Production countries: Czech Republic, Malta, Serbia, Spain, United States of America

Revenue: $10,060,903

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