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Henri Charrière
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Henri Charrière

French convict and author (1906-1973)
November 16, 1906 (July 29, 1973)
U.S. 2018. Drama by Michael Noer with Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Yorick van Wageningen. Wrongly sentenced to life imprisonment in a penal colony in French Guiana, a thug offers his protection to a rich counterfeiter in exchange for the money needed to escape.
Runtime: 133 min.
U.S. 1973. Adventures by Franklin J. Schaffner with Steve McQueen (I), Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory. A thief sent to a penal colony in Guyana tries to escape numerous times.
Runtime: 150 min.

The Butterfly Affair

V.O.: Popsy Pop
Fr. 1971. Adventures by Jean Herman with Claudia Cardinale, Stanley Baker, Henri Charrière. An elderly crook organizes a diamond robbery in a remote village in Venezuela, but is double-crossed by one of his accomplices.
Runtime: 108 min.

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