Director Franklin J. Schaffner’s “Papillon” is an epic historical drama prison movie released in 1973. The screenplay was written by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr., based on the 1969 biography of French criminal Henry Charriere. The film stars Steve McQueen as Charriere ("Papillon") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega. As it was shot in remote locations, the film was very expensive at the time, but it grossed twice as much in the first year of its release. The film's title is French for "butterfly", a reference to Charriere's tattoo and nickname.
The film revolves around Henry Charriere, played by Steve McQueen, a security firecracker nicknamed "Papillon" because of a butterfly tattoo on his chest. In 1933 France, "wrongly" accused of murdering a pimp, sentenced to life imprisonment in French Guiana. Along the way, he meets a fellow criminal named Louis Dega, a notorious con man and con man played by Dustin Hoffman, who is convinced that his wife will free him. Upon arriving in Guyana, Papillon offers to rescue Dega. Enduring the horrors of life in a jungle labor camp, the two eventually become friends.
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