Papillon

Adventure, Biography, Crime

The film tells the story of French convict Henri Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), nicknamed Papillon ("butterfly"), who was imprisoned in 1933 in the notorious Devil's Island penal colony and escaped in 1941 with the help of another convict, counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek).

The film's screenplay is based on Charrière's autobiographies Papillon and Banco, as well as the former's 1973 film adaptation with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman in the leading roles.

Directed by: Michael Noer
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Roland Møller, Rami Malek, Yorick van Wageningen, Eve Hewson
Produced by: Joey McFarland, David Koplan, Ram Bergman, Roger Corbi
Screenplay by: Aaron Guzikowski
Based on: Papillon and Banco by Henri Charrière

Music by: David Buckley
Cinematography: Hagen Bogdanski
Edited by: John Axelrad, Lee Haugen

Production company: Czech Anglo Productions, Ram Bergman Productions, FishCorb Films, Red Granite Pictures
Distributed by: Bleecker Street
Release date: September 9, 2017 (TIFF), August 24, 2018 (United States)

Running time: 133 minutes
Country: Malta, Montenegro, Serbia, United States
Language: English

Cast

Charlie Hunnam as Henri "Papillon" Charrière
Rami Malek as Louis Dega
Christopher Fairbank as Jean Castilli
Yorick van Wageningen as Warden Barrot
Roland Møller as Celier
Tommy Flanagan as Masked Breton
Eve Hewson as Nenette
Michael Socha as Julot
Brian Vernel as Guittou
Ian Beattie as Toussaint
Nicholas Asbury as Commandant
Nikola Kent as Deputy Warden Brioulet
Slavko Sobin as El Caiman
Joel Basman as Marturette
Petar Cirica as Abda
Veronica Quilligan as Mother Superior
Demetri Goritsas as Jean-Pierre Castelnau
Poppy Mahendra as Zoraima
Petar Vitorovic as stunt

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