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.
| Tagline | The greatest escape adventure ever told |
| Release Date: | Sep 07, 2017 |
| Genres: | Adventure, Crime, Drama |
| Production Company: | Red Granite Pictures, Czech Anglo Pictures, FishCorb Films |
| Production Countries: | Czech Republic, Malta, Serbia, Spain, United States of America |
| Casts: | Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Christopher Fairbank, Eve Hewson, Michael Socha, Brian Vernel, Nicholas Asbury, Louisa Pili, Antonio de la Cruz, Andre Flynn, Yorick van Wageningen |
| Status: | Released |
| Budget: | $0 |
| Revenue: | 10060903 |
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._
