Papillon

Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from Paris’s criminal underworld, finds himself wrongfully condemned to life in French Guiana’s brutal penal colony. There, he forges an unlikely bond with Louis Dega, a vulnerable counterfeiter who needs Papillon’s protection. Director Jonas Elmer’s adaptation distills the harsh realities of colonial punishment and the complexities of human connection amid systemic cruelty.