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Where to watch “Papillon” (2017) legally online? See US options first, with English-region fallbacks.
What to expect (spoiler-free)
Here’s what to expect from “ (2017), without spoilers.
It sits in the Adventure, Crime, Drama space and is paced for about 134 minutes.
Audience signals on TMDB currently show an average rating of 7.3/10 from about 2,142 votes.
For families, checking the local age rating is recommended before watching.
Topics & keywords
prisoner, based on novel or book, biography, based on true story, guillotine, remake, solitary confinement, south america, wrongful conviction, prison break, island prison, devil's island
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Plot
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.
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