2017 · 15 · 2h 13min
Adventure · Biography · Crime · Drama
Adventure · Biography · Crime · Drama
Director Michael Noer
Stars Charlie Hunnam · Roland Møller · Rami Malek · Yorick van Wageningen · Eve Hewson
Music by David Buckley
Written by Aaron Guzikowski (screenplay) · Henri Charrière (based on his books Papillon and Banco) · Dalton Trumbo & Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Papillon, 1973)
Release Date September 9, 2017 (TIFF)
Country of Origin United States · Czech Republic · Spain
Language Spoken English · Spanish
Colour Colour Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charrière forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Unremarkable.
"But whether taken as a study in human resilience, as an oblique love story, or as an indictment of the French penal system, this drama is claustrophobic and oppressive."
—Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent