PAPILLON stars Charlie Hunnam and in a remake of the highly-praised 1973 film of the same name, based on the bestselling books of Henri “Papillon” Charriere about his experiences as a French thief and ...

The new film version of “Papillon,” based on Henri Charriere’s 1969 best-seller and its 1973 sequel, “Banco,” is rather better than the previous screen adaptation starring Steve McQueen and Dustin ...

Des dizaines de bagnards traversent sous bonne escorte la petite ville de Saint-Martin-de-Ré en direction du port où l'on procède à leur embarquement pour la Guyane. Parmi eux, Henri Charrière dit ...

“Papillon,” a remake of the 1973 film about Devil’s Island inmate Henri “Papillon” Charriere, could be described as a prison drama, but it’s probably just as accurate to call the new movie a mystery.

The new film version of “Papillon,” based on Henri Charriere’s 1969 bestseller and its 1973 sequel, “Banco,” is rather better than the previous screen adaptation starring Steve McQueen (mouth closed) ...

The new film version of “Papillon,” based on Henri Charriere’s 1969 best-seller and its 1973 sequel, “Banco,” is rather better than the previous screen adaptation starring Steve McQueen (mouth closed) ...

No movie is immune from receiving a flashy Hollywood remake, not even a hoary old beast like the 1973 prison-escape classic “Papillon.” And that’s as it should be. Many movies more beloved than ...

When “Papillon” initially landed in theaters in late 1973, expectations were inescapable. Based on the sensational, bestselling 1969 autobiography by Henri Charriere, the French convict who would ...

Basically, what we’ve got in Papillon is a guy who looks a lot like Steve McQueen hanging out with a guy who looks a lot like Dustin Hoffman, in between getting beaten, thrown into solitary ...

Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman brought star power to this escape-from-Devil’s-Island epic back in 1973. Now Papillon has been remade with Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek in the roles of two prisoners ...