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Papillon

2017

A Parisian safecracker wrongfully sentenced to life in the notorious penal colony of French Guiana befriends a wealthy, bookish forger, and the two forge an alliance and a shared dream of freedom against a merciless system. A remake of the classic prison-break saga.

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A remake of the French Guiana penal-colony escape story.

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