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.
Starring Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Christopher Fairbank, Eve Hewson, Michael Socha, Brian Vernel, Nicholas Asbury, Louisa Pili, Antonio de la Cruz, Andre Flynn