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As of this moment, you are the property
of the penal administration of French Guiana. After serving your full term
in prison, you will remain in South America
as workers and colonists for a period equal to that
of your original sentence. This is for the greater good
that is French expansion. As for France, she has disowned you. She has rid herself
of you altogether. Forget France
of the penal administration of French Guiana. After serving your full term
in prison, you will remain in South America
as workers and colonists for a period equal to that
of your original sentence. This is for the greater good
that is French expansion. As for France, she has disowned you. She has rid herself
of you altogether. Forget France
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As of this moment,
00:00:03.042 --> 00:00:06.037
you are the property
of the penal administration
00:00:06.131 --> 00:00:07.713
of French Guiana.
00:00:08.216 --> 00:00:10.833
After serving your full term
in prison,
00:00:10.927 --> 00:00:14.796
you will remain in South America
as workers and colonists
00:00:14.973 --> 00:00:19.183
for a period equal to that
of your original sentence.
00:00:20.437 --> 00:00:25.649
This is for the greater good
that is French expansion.
00:00:26.735 --> 00:00:28.067
As for France,
00:00:29.446 --> 00:00:31.563
she has disowned you.
00:00:32.532 --> 00:00:37.003
She has rid herself
of you altogether.
00:00:38.705 --> 00:00:40.867
Forget France.
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Movie Summary
Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.
