Papillon

Titolo originale: Papillon
Regia: Franklin J. Schaffner |
Anno: 1973
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Dramma
Tag: prison | escape | prison escape | jungle | solitary confinement | based on memoir or autobiography | remote island | leper colony | labor camp | corrupt official | french colonialism | devil's island | prison brutality | guyana | 1930s |
Cast: Steve McQueen | Dustin Hoffman | Victor Jory | Don Gordon | Anthony Zerbe | Robert Deman | Woodrow Parfrey | Bill Mumy | George Coulouris | Ratna Assan | William Smithers | Val Avery | Gregory Sierra | Vic Tayback | Mills Watson | Ron Soble | Barbara Morrison | Don Hanmer | E.J. André | Richard Angarola | Jack Denbo | Len Lesser | John Quade | Fred Sadoff | Allen Jaffe | Liam Dunn | Anne Byrne Hoffman | Dalton Trumbo | Richard Farnsworth | Peter Brocco |

Papillon è condannato per omicidio e recluso nel carcere dell'Isola del Diavolo, nella Guiana. Diventa amico di Dega, un falsario relegato con lui in una giungla paludosa. Qui le condizioni di vita sono così insostenibili, che Papillon tenta di fuggire, ma viene riacciuffato. Riesce a rimanere in vita solo grazie a Dega, e tenta di fuggire di nuovo, insieme all'amico e a un altro compagno. Papillon viene nuovamente catturato, in Venezuela. Riportato all'Isola del Diavolo, diventato un relitto umano, vi ritrova Dega in preda alla follia. Ma l'ansia di libertà è più forte.

Frasi

Dega: I got no money. They took it all. Papillon: [...] D
Toussaint: How did you know I have dry leprosy, th [...] D
Dega: Well, it now seems quite possible that until [...] D
Warden Barrot: [to Papillon upon his release from [...] D
Prisoner: I know you, you're Dega. You're a very i [...] D
Sergeant: Darkness does wonders for a bad memory. D
Dega: A temptation resisted is a true measure of c [...] D
Clusiot: You're Louis Dega. I'm Clusiot. How come [...] D
Camp Commandant: Make the best of what we offer yo [...] D
Judge in Dream: I accuse YOU... of a WASTED LIFE! [...] D
Dega: If I stay - here in this place - I will die! D
Maturette: We all have sensitive spots. D
Papillon: If your wife was here and you were in Pa [...] D
Dega: [as Papillon is going to jump from the cliff [...] D
Dega: Did you hear about my wife? She married my a [...] D
Dega: Remember what the chicken said to the weasel [...] D
[Papillon is contemplating a daring leap from a cl [...] D
Papillon: Funny, you and me ending up here. We're [...] D
Woman: [to Papillon as he is marched aboard ship b [...] D
Dega: Do dogs carry leprosy? D
Doctor: [Briefly examining Dega in a prefunctory m [...] D
Maturette: I'll do what you ask, on one condition: [...] D
Warden Barrot: Put all hope out of your mind. And [...] D
Papillon: If I could find a way to get off this is [...] D
Toussaint: We do a lot of smuggling here. We raid [...] D
Papillon: We're really something, aren't we? The o [...] D
Papillon: [to Dega] Me they can kill... You they o [...] D
Dega: Blame is for God and small children. D
Warden Barrot: [to Papillon upon his release from [...] D
Papillon: It was the wrong wave. They come in a se [...] D
Papillon: Hey you bastards, I'm still here. D
Dega: Do you realize that the first man who carved [...] D
Toussaint: If you're going to catch leprosy, it's [...] D
Warden Barrot: [last lines - voice over] Papillon [...] D
Warden Barrot: Forget France and put your clothes [...] D