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Papillon

2017 · 134 min

A grim, gruelling prison-escape saga that wears you down with brutality and confinement, then rewards you with stubborn, hard-won hope.

Directed by: Michael Noer
Genres: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Christopher Fairbank

Tagline: The greatest escape adventure ever told
Overview: 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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Directed by: Michael Noer
Genres: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Christopher Fairbank

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
friendship
isolation
justice
freedom
Places: prison
wilderness
sea
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	6
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: adventure, crime, drama
Directed by: Michael Noer
Written by: Aaron Guzikowski
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Christopher Fairbank, Eve Hewson, Michael Socha, Brian Vernel, Nicholas Asbury, Louisa Pili
Music: David Buckley
Cinematography: Hagen Bogdanski
Runtime: 134 min
Country: Czech Republic, Malta, Serbia, Spain, United States of America
Languages: English, Spanish

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