What is Henri Charrière's nickname in the film where he is in the prison on Devil's Island?

In the 2017 film "Papillon", it tells the story of French convict Henri Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), nicknamed Papillon ("butterfly"), who was falsely imprisoned in 1933 in the notorious Devil's Island penal colony. He escaped in 1941 with the help of another convict, counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek).

The film is a drama that was directed by Michael Noer and produced by Joey McFarland, David Koplan, Ram Bergman, and Roger Corbi. It was also the last film made by Red Granite Pictures. This film's screenplay is based on Charrière's autobiographies "Papillon and Banco", as well as the former's 1973 film adaptation, that was written by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. and starred Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.

Henri "Papillon" Charrière is a safecracker from the Parisian underworld. He is framed for murder. He has an alibi from his lover, Nenette (Eve Hewson). Ultimately, Papillon is convicted and condemned to the notorious Devil's Island penal colony in French Guiana. It is a hellish prison from which nobody has ever escaped. Papillon gives the Devil Island a new legacy.

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Cynthia Wood

Saw the 1973 version of this film and remembered Henri's nickname, simply because that was the name of the movie!

teacherchicky

I agree with Cynthia and will forever associate Papillon with Dustin Hoffman!

Julie Domaille

I love the film with Steve Mcqueen & Dustin Hoffman. Death before defeat is palpable in Papillion

Robert Oldenburg

Love the 1973 film, haven’t seen the remake. Way too many remakes.

cindigon

Had no clue, but just went with anything sounding French

Ilias Tsiabardas

I so the Movie Papillon 1973 Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman several times was the best film at that time !!!

loretta

Edie Koller, Watched it many times. It was filmed in Jamaica and extras were hired from Seaford Town where I am from. My dad was the person who cut off the guys head with the guillotine.

stlmark

The most memorable scene (to me) in the film: Charriere has an illusion of walking through a desert when he is confronted by a panel of judges. When they tell him he stands accused & he protests that he killed no one, they reply that he is accused of the worst crime of all: A wasted life. To which, he replies, "Guilty."

Mark Yakabuski

Shows what I know. I hadn’t realised they did a remake. I always think of McQueen and Hoffman.

Shirley Dutt

Great movie. I've always admired Steve McQueen.

Flavio

Did the author get two of the nicknames in the Brazilian literature?

Robert Oldenburg

klmilles, true more often than not

Julie Domaille

Player, I too love Shogun. I have my copy falling to pieces on the shelf but can never bring myself to bung it out and get a new copy. It smells of sand and sun lotion reminds me of where I was as I fell into that story. A game of chess with human players