Charlie Hunnam stars as Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a Parisian safecracker who is framed for murder and exiled to the brutal and remote Devil’s Island penal colony. Of course, that doesn’t mean Papillon has any intention of staying put there indefinitely. So when he meets the wealthy counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek), he sees it as an opportunity and strikes a deal: Papillon will protect Dega, if Dega finances his plan to escape. From there a dangerous adventure filled with hard labor, high seas and solitary confinements unfolds, based on Charrière’s own bestselling autobiographies.