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Papillon

Where:

🇬🇫 French Guiana

When:

The 1930s The 1940s

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.

Released in 2017 — 134 minutes

Genres:

Drama History Crime

Languages:

English Spanish