Wong Kok Chueng
20 October 2018
Hooray for the indomitable spirit
The film was adapted from the same name of book wrote by the French prisoner Henri Charrière in 1969. In 1973, this real thing was remake into a movie. At that time, the box office and word of mouth were both good, and it was hailed as "the greatest escape movie in the history of film." After being separated for more than 40 years, it was once again on the big screen. The story tells that Henri Charrière, the owner of the nicknamed "Papillon", was sentenced to imprisonment in 1931 for being killed in a murder case. He was sentenced to jail and was sentenced to jail by a murder case and been moved to Guyana, however, he was bent on returning to France to retaliate against those who framed him, and he planned to escape from prison. . . In addition to Charlie Hunnam's Henri Charrière, another high-profile character is Louis Dega, an economic criminal played by Rami Malek. In addition to Henri's comrades in prison, he is also the "economic" pillar of Henri's escape plan. In addition to Papillon's personal autobiography, the film also records his story with friends in prison, and Dega's brotherhood, as well soon as realistic depictions of the scenes in prison. Although the film is slow in rhythm, the story is also biased towards literature and art, but it increases the sense of reality, and the process of escape is quite compact. I haven't seen the 73-year version thus I can't compare this version with it , but as long as you don’t treat it as commercial escape film, I believe Henri Charrière's unspoken indomitable spirit will never let you down
