Describes the life of a man sent to prison on a miserable island, Cayena, where escape is impossible. It is a terrible life for him but he finally escapes after much suffering.
Adaptations (2)
Papillon has been adapted into 2 films, from 1973 to 2017.
Papillon1973 · film · 151 min · dir. Franklin J. Schaffner · IMDb ↗A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Papillon2017 · film · 133 min · dir. Michael Noer · IMDb ↗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.
