Papillon

Henri Charriére
Papillon is an extraordinary tale of hope, survival, endurance and most of all the continuos desire for freedom of an innocent man. Henri Charriére or Papillon as he is known was condemned for a murder he did not commit and in 1931 sentenced to life imprisonment in the French Penal Colony of French Guiana. Some 50 years later he wrote down the tale of the thirteen long years spent in captivity before finally escaping for good in 1945.
The story begins in the law courts of The Assizes in France. Due to the brutally oppressing public prosecutor by the name of Pradel he is found guilty. Papillon, although innocent of this particular crime was however a prominent figure in the Parisian underworld or criminal world. After a long, harsh transportation across the ocean he and many other convicts arrive at the penal settlement and Papillon wastes no time in escaping. …