Papillon
1973movie
Roger Ebert. December 16, 1973. 2 min read. Sophia Loren was once in a movie named “The Pride and the Passion,” which involved hauling an enormous cannon halfway across Europe through deep mud. By the time they heaved the cannon into position, I had long since stopped caring, and even had a little difficulty remembering why they were doing it in the first place. The movie had expended enormous energy without cause. “Papillon” is a movie like that: an expensive, exhaustive, 150-mintue odyssey that doesn’t so much conclude as cross the finish line and collapse.
Discover the hidden meaning, symbolism, themes, and interpretation of this movie by Franklin J. Schaffner."Papillon" (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, is a gripping historical drama based on the autobiographical novel by Henri Charrière. The film stars Steve McQueen as Charrière, a Parisian safecracker nicknamed "Papillon" because of a butterfly tattoo on his chest. Falsely convicted of murder, he is sentenced to life imprisonment in the brutal French penal colony of Guiana.
