

Movie
Papillon
Overview
Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.
Cast
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Full cast · 33
- TMDB ID
- 433498 ↗
- Release date
- 2017-09-07
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Countries
- Czech Republic, Malta, Serbia, Spain, United States of America
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Director
- Michael Noer (Director)
- Writers
- Dalton Trumbo (Original Film Writer), Henri Charrière (Book), Aaron Guzikowski (Screenplay)
- Cinematography
- Hagen Bogdanski (Director of Photography)
- Music
- David Buckley (Original Music Composer)
- Production companies
- Red Granite Pictures, Czech Anglo Pictures, FishCorb Films
- Parents guide
- IMDb external guide ↗
Family guidance
Age ratings
12Spain (ES)
Not recommended for audiences under 12.
Theatrical · 2017-09-07UFrance (FR)
RUnited States of America (US)
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.
Theatrical · 2018-08-2415United Kingdom (GB)
Only those over 15 years are admitted. Nobody younger than 15 can rent or buy a 15-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game, or watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category can contain adult themes, hard drugs, frequent strong language and limited use of very strong language, strong violence and strong sex references, and nudity without graphic detail. Sexual activity may be portrayed but without any strong detail. Sexual violence may be shown if discreet and justified by context.
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All regional certifications (20)
12Spain (ES)
Not recommended for audiences under 12.
Theatrical · 2017-09-07UFrance (FR)
RUnited States of America (US)
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.
Theatrical · 2018-08-2415United Kingdom (GB)
Only those over 15 years are admitted. Nobody younger than 15 can rent or buy a 15-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game, or watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category can contain adult themes, hard drugs, frequent strong language and limited use of very strong language, strong violence and strong sex references, and nudity without graphic detail. Sexual activity may be portrayed but without any strong detail. Sexual violence may be shown if discreet and justified by context.
Theatrical, Digital, Physical · 2018-12-24, 2019-02-0416Brazil (BR)
Not recommended for minors under sixteen. Scenes featuring production, trafficking and/or use of illegal drugs, hyper-realistic sex, sexual violence, abortion, torture, mutilation, suicide, trivialization of violence and death penalty.
Theatrical · 2018-10-0414ACanada (CA)
Persons under 14 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.
Premiere · 2017-09-07 · Toronto International Film Festival12+Czech Republic (CZ)
Unsuitable for persons under the age of 12.
Physical · 2019-03-2715Denmark (DK)
For ages 15 and up.
Digital · 2018-08-2312Germany (DE)
Children 12 or older admitted, children between 6 and 11 only when accompanied by parent or a legal guardian.
Theatrical · 2018-07-2616Israel (IL)
TItaly (IT)
All ages admitted.
Theatrical · 2018-06-27R18+Japan (JP)
No one under 18 admitted.
Digital · 2019-06-2116Netherlands (NL)
Potentially harmful to children under 16 years; broadcasting is not allowed before 10:00 pm.
Theatrical, Physical · 2018-09-23, 2019-01-18 · DVD, Blu rayM/14Portugal (PT)
Passed for viewers aged 14 and older.
Theatrical · 2018-08-3015Romania (RO)
Not recommended for children under 15.
Theatrical · 2019-01-1818+Russia (RU)
(Prohibited for children) – Prohibited for children under 18.
Theatrical · 2018-09-2715Slovakia (SK)
Not recommended for people younger than 15 years.
Digital, TV · 2025-07-21, 2021-01-27 · VOYO; Markíza16South Africa (ZA)
Not suitable for persons under the age of 16.
Theatrical · 2018-10-1915South Korea (KR)
Film intended for audiences 15 and over. Underage audiences accompanied by a parent or guardian are allowed.
Theatrical · 2019-02-2715Sweden (SE)
Children over the age of 7, who are accompanied by an adult, are admitted to films that have been passed for children from the age of 11. Updated on March 1, 2017.
Theatrical, Physical · 2018-09-21, 2019-02-04



















