Papillon (2017)

The greatest escape adventure ever told

07/09/2017

#Adventure#Crime#Drama

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Rating: 73%

Original language: EN

Budget: $0

Revenue: $10,060,903

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

Details

Production Companies

Red Granite Pictures

Czech Anglo Pictures

FishCorb Films

Social Network

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5093026

Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27985123

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Cast

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

Reviews (1)

Review by: Gimly

Written by: Gimly on 2019-01-20T14:50:21.754Z

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.