PAPILLON is a great story of hope, friendship, & survival. See Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek as you've never seen them before, as they transformation into the frail, yet unbeatable, Henri "Papillon" Charrier and his friend Louis Dega. Based on the memoir of the real 1930's safe-cracker, Hunnam is framed for murder and forced to live out his days in the heinous conditions of a French Guainan labor camp. There is little to laugh about in this prison. The fights are visceral and brutal. The only glimmer of hope throughout is Papillon and Degas' friendship, as it grows while they struggle to stay alive and sane as forgotten men in the pits of Hell. You'll leave this one feeling inspired by the human spirit, and happy in the knowledge that nothing you are currently experiencing is as bad as what these two poor souls had to endure. There is a brief Epilogue before the credits showing you the real Papillon. I give this struggle a Solid, "Butterfly in the Sky, I Can Fly TWICE as High", rating.
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