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Papillon
UNITED STATES · 1973

Papillon

Franklin J. Schaffner
prison escape friendship and loyalty survival against odds redemption and second chances man versus institution
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Synopsis

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

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