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.

• Red Granite Pictures
• Czech Anglo Pictures
• Charlie Hunnam
• Rami Malek
• Christopher Fairbank
• Eve Hewson
• Michael Socha
• Brian Vernel
• Nicholas Asbury
• Louisa Pili