Papillon
1973 · 2h 31m · Crime, Drama · United States of America, France · Rated PG (US)
The greatest adventure of escape!
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.
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Franklin J. Schaffner7.8Smart score
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1930sbased on memoir or autobiographycorrupt officialdevil's islandescapefrench colonialismguyanajunglelabor campleper colonyprisonprison brutalityprison escaperemote islandsolitary confinement
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