0:00:19 > 0:00:22All present and accounted for, sir.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Thank you, Captain.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31DRUM ROLL
0:00:31 > 0:00:33As of this moment,
0:00:33 > 0:00:39you are the property of the Penal Administration, French Guiana.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43After serving your full terms in prison,
0:00:43 > 0:00:48those of you with sentences of eight years or more,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51will remain in Guiana
0:00:51 > 0:00:58as workers and colonists, for a period equal to that of your original sentences.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03As for France, the nation has disposed of you.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07France has rid herself of you altogether.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Forget France.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12And put your clothes on.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Papillon! Papi!
0:03:06 > 0:03:08You'll be back, Papillon.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Don't worry. You'll be back.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18No, you won't.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32You! That way. Down there.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34You, too.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Next, over here. Come along!
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Come on. In here.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43You, too. Over there.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Come along, up there. Hurry up!
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Come along, now. Down, come on down.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Down there.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Come on up there.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08In there. In there.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49DOOR SLAMS
0:05:11 > 0:05:15DOOR SHUTS
0:05:49 > 0:05:50We're really something.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54The only animals that shove things up their ass for survival.
0:05:54 > 0:06:01First time I shoved one up my gut, it infected me so bad the camp doctor had to cut it out.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03He doesn't have any ether.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06So he knocks me out with rum.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Know what he did?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Stole it.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14The butterfly.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16You're Papillon, aren't you?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Yeah.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20The bastards gave you life.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Right to the end of the line... they think.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26May not be as long as you think.
0:06:26 > 0:06:3040% will die the first year out.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32SIGHING >
0:06:34 > 0:06:36They gave him life too.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38He's only 18.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Look at him. No wonder he dreams.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43(He'll never make it.)
0:06:46 > 0:06:49But a man like you could make it.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50If you have enough money.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52How long were you there?
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Nine years at work camp.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Nine years a colonist.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01You were outside the walls. Why didn't you run?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03There's no place to run to.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06You're in the middle of the swamp.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10If you've got a lot of money, that's different.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Take somebody like Dega there. Back there.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Louis Dega - the best counterfeiter in France.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20National Defence bonds.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- Series of 1928.- Right!
0:07:23 > 0:07:28If you've got money like he has, there's a chance to buy your way out.
0:07:28 > 0:07:34That is, unless somebody cuts his guts open first to get at all that cash.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Everybody up! Let's go!
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Come on!
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Let's go!
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Mind if I sit down here?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14If you wish.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19You're Dega, aren't you?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Louis Dega.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Sorry to see you here.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30I presume most of us have earned our passage.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34You got life for killing a pimp, then had the bad taste
0:08:34 > 0:08:38to tell the prosecutor you would escape and kill him too.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- I'm innocent.- No-one is innocent.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42I'm no pimp killer, for Christ's sake.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44I'm a safe-cracker.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47That's a profession of which I disapprove.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51I put almost everything I had into National Defence bonds.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Series 1928.
0:08:54 > 0:08:561928.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01Your instincts were sound. How much did you lose?
0:09:01 > 0:09:04I wouldn't put money into those bonds!
0:09:04 > 0:09:08I'm relieved to hear that. But why are we having this chat?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Every convict here knows who you are.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Any of them would slit your belly open to get what you're carrying.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20So?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22You need protection.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25From you?
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Remember what the chicken said to the weasel?
0:09:31 > 0:09:35If he was healthy, the chicken didn't get a chance to speak.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Think about that.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52COUGHING >
0:09:54 > 0:09:56DOOR OPENS
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Hose down!
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Come on! Off your asses!
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Come on, you got a fever.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Julot.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19I got a question.
0:10:19 > 0:10:25If I wanted a boat when I got there - maybe a 15 footer - how much would it be?
0:10:25 > 0:10:2835 hundred, 45 maybe. It all depends.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32- What if I could pick up the money to buy one?- You'd have a boat.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35You know the country. We could escape, huh?
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Nothing against you, but the answer is no.
0:10:39 > 0:10:46If I gotta go to solitary for some half-assed escape, I want the mistake to be mine, understand?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48The answer is no.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50How do you feel, kid?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42PIERCING WHISTLE
0:12:09 > 0:12:11All right, come on. Move it!
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Move it a little. Let's go!
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Let's move.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46What do you want?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Almost unbearable, isn't it?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51What?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- The heat. - It's not too bad.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56You're closer to it than I am.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01Oh, yes, you're referring to last night, aren't you?
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Well, aren't you?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05May I tell you something?
0:13:05 > 0:13:12At first glance I'm afraid I regarded you with rather a large degree of unworthy suspicion.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Am I clear?- No.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Well, it now seems quite possible
0:13:16 > 0:13:20that until we get to a decent jail with bribable guards,
0:13:20 > 0:13:26I may stand in some need of... rather close physical protection.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31- Depends on how long you want to live.- A long time.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Well, you got a problem.
0:13:35 > 0:13:40I presume you have some goal... some particular need...
0:13:40 > 0:13:42that outweighs all others.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47If so, may I ask what it is?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- Money.- For what?
0:13:49 > 0:13:50Escape.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Very good.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55You keep me alive until we land in Guiana,
0:13:55 > 0:13:59and I'll underwrite any escape you care to arrange.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Escape for me - not for us.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Oh, of course...
0:14:05 > 0:14:10I-I have no intention of even attempting an escape. Ever.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Done.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Thank you.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39DOORS SLAM SHUT
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Aaaaagh!
0:15:17 > 0:15:19AAAAAAGH!
0:15:19 > 0:15:21AAAGH! WHISTLE BLOWS
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Leave him alone.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Hide this.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35SCREAMING AND SHOUTING
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Over there is St Joseph's.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02The other island is Royal.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04The one on the right is Devil.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Julot, why's it so hard to escape from there?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11A man could almost swim to the mainland.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14There must be a better way than swimming.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Swimming's not the way.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19The current's so strong it'll push you back.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24No, when you're on those islands, you're there for keeps.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Where do we go?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32We go up the Moroni River.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Then we dock at St Laurent.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39There they decide to send you to the work camps or the islands.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41COMMANDS ARE SHOUTED
0:17:15 > 0:17:18See those two on the dock with guns?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Right over there.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24They served their time. Now they're colonists.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- They've turned manhunter. - Manhunter?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Yeah, you escape, they hunt.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33For money, I presume. For reward.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Jesus!
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Get ready to move. Line up to disembark.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01I'm going to have an accident going down that gangplank.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Lend me your chiv.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05What the hell for?
0:18:05 > 0:18:10Because I'm a two-time loser. I'll be sent onto the islands on the next transport.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14I've got to get into that hospital to give me time to think.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45You're crazy, Julot.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48GUARD: Single file. March!
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Hold it! Hold it!
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Let's go!
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Single file.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Move. Move! Let's go!
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Bring a stretcher.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Take him away.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49All right. Move. Move! Let's go.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Come on, march!
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Pick him up quick.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11CHURCH BELLS RING
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Attention!
0:23:13 > 0:23:15DRUM ROLL
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Welcome to the penal colony of French Guiana,
0:23:24 > 0:23:28whose prisoners you are,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30and from which there is no escape.
0:23:30 > 0:23:36First attempts at escape, add two years in solitary to existing sentences.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Second attempts, add five more.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44Of course, more serious offences are dealt with...
0:23:45 > 0:23:47..in this fashion.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59Make the best of what we offer you and you will suffer less than you deserve.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Dismissed.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05DRUM ROLL
0:24:05 > 0:24:09GUARD SHOUTS: Into the bunkhouse!
0:24:09 > 0:24:13One, two, three, four! GET A MOVE ON!
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Mr Dega.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Oh, yes, I know all about you, Mr Dega.
0:24:24 > 0:24:30- Very intelligent man. - Thank you. I seem to be known in all the wrong places.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32I have a friend who is a guard.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33For...
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Yes, go ahead.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40For very little money, he can arrange for certain people to stay here
0:24:40 > 0:24:44instead of being sent to a work camp on one of the islands.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Can he get us a job here?
0:24:46 > 0:24:50Perhaps a selection from which we may choose?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Yes, indeed. That is, my friend can.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57- If you take our money, then you put your life on the line.- Of course.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59How much will it cost?
0:24:59 > 0:25:04My friend has a very large family - many children, you understand?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06His sergeant has a mother - heart...
0:25:06 > 0:25:09He was asking how much, not how many.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11I'll do the negotiating.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16How much?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18For you, 500.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20For him, 1,500.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- He made trouble.- Indeed he did.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Nevertheless, I'll give you 1,250 for the both of us.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Take it or leave it, as you wish.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Try again.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Very well.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53I want two pairs of comfortable shoes for us both.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55And you get the 2,000.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Don't you have to go to the toilet?
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Of course. Would you excuse me a moment?
0:26:00 > 0:26:04You don't need to, Mr Dega, unless, of course, you want to.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07I can pick it up in the morning.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41DRUM ROLL Get moving!
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Let's go! All right, let's go. Come on!
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Move it! ON YOUR FEET!
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Move it! Come on!
0:26:57 > 0:26:59DRUM ROLL CONTINUES
0:27:07 > 0:27:09MAN RESISTS GUARDS
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Atten-tion!
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Pre-sent arms!
0:27:41 > 0:27:43No! NO!
0:27:45 > 0:27:48PRIEST SAYS PRAYER
0:27:49 > 0:27:51NO!
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Mr Dega, did you get the money?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Move! Move it!
0:28:21 > 0:28:23GUNSHOTS
0:28:26 > 0:28:29What's wrong? Son of a bitch broke out of the hospital.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Julot.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35All right, break it up. We'll get him.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Next.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Next.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53You're fine. Next!
0:28:53 > 0:28:55I must be better than I feel.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58You're in wonderful shape.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02- How do you fail an examination like this?- Next!
0:29:06 > 0:29:0775 - 51.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09HE COUGHS
0:29:10 > 0:29:12(Dega?)
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Yes, sir. Louis Dega.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18- It was suggested to me that I speak...- I have it right here.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21We'll keep you on here. The cleaning squad.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- There's my friend... - You're Louis Dega?
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Yes. This is my friend, Papillon.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29I'm very glad to see you.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Why, thank you, sir. If...
0:29:32 > 0:29:36My family lost everything they had in counterfeit bonds.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41I'm very sorry to hear that, sir.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46Even so, buying them was a tribute to their patriotism.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- And you're Mr Dega's friend? - Well...
0:29:49 > 0:29:56There's one thing about St Laurent that you'll like. We never separate old friends.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Kilo 40, both of them. Today's transport.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07What is Kilo 40?
0:30:10 > 0:30:12MOVE! HEAVE!
0:30:14 > 0:30:17HEAVE! PULL!
0:30:17 > 0:30:20HEAVE!
0:30:20 > 0:30:23HEAVE! PULL!
0:30:23 > 0:30:25PULL!
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Don't touch him. You'll wind up worse off.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31Get moving!
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Duck!
0:30:42 > 0:30:46Get up, you lazy bastards! Bring that croc along.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49You! Pick another man and grab that croc.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Come on, move! Come on, move! Move!
0:31:21 > 0:31:25That son of a bitch isn't dead. They've just irritated him.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- Get his tail.- You get his tail!
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- Where's his tail?- Over there.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35- Are you ready?- Yeah.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38- So am I.- Go ahead.- OK.
0:31:42 > 0:31:43Ready?
0:31:44 > 0:31:46- Is that the tail?- No.- Oh.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53- You get the head.- The head?- Yeah.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55You try the tail.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00OK, now, you try the head.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03Grab him!
0:32:05 > 0:32:08- He's dead.- He's still talking!
0:32:09 > 0:32:11He's dead.
0:32:12 > 0:32:13He's dead?
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Move it.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Come on, come on. Hands up.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Bring it around here. Just lay the croc right there.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Just drop it. Search them.
0:32:47 > 0:32:48Move.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53It's pretty big. The skin's worth some money.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04MOVE! What the hell are you looking at?
0:33:24 > 0:33:26You're Louis Dega.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Yes, sir.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30I'm Clusiot.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34How come you ended up in a place like this?
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Favouritism?
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Your friend's kind of quiet, isn't he?
0:33:44 > 0:33:45He's dead.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50He jammed a piece of wood down his throat and choked himself to death.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Three-way split.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Fair, isn't it?
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Quinine.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Worst country in the world for malaria.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Here - take them.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Go ahead. I've got some left.
0:34:31 > 0:34:39Well, if I'm going to get my sleep, I'll have to take this poor bastard with me.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Decent man.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Hmm.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51Dega...the manhunters.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53The ones we saw down at the dock.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Son of a bitches.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03- Butterflies?- Yeah, that's right.
0:35:03 > 0:35:09Some guy named Rickter. He works every camp on the river.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12We catch them. He buys them.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14The guards get the big pay off.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16The Blue Morphus butterfly.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Its wings are used for dye in making American currency.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23How often does he come up here?
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- Couple of times a month.- Boat?
0:35:25 > 0:35:27No other way.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29- Why?- Thinking.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33I handle a boat pretty good myself, you know.
0:35:33 > 0:35:34Yeah?
0:36:00 > 0:36:03You're supposed to catch them, you clumsy bastard!
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Where do you send these bugs, sir?
0:37:08 > 0:37:09United States.
0:37:15 > 0:37:16How much for this one
0:37:16 > 0:37:17to go to Panama?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Guard, come here.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Don't turn me in. I've got a thousand for you.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- I didn't hear you. - I said I got two thousand - on me.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32What's the trouble?
0:37:35 > 0:37:39This man brought me the finest Morphus I've ever seen.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Why don't you get him a net?
0:37:42 > 0:37:43Right away, sir.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46I want a seaworthy boat, new sail.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49It'll cost you four thousand, my friend.
0:37:49 > 0:37:50Half now, half on delivery.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- When?- One week from tonight.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57- Where will the boat be? - Half a mile downriver.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01300 yards this side of the river, there's a big tree. You can't miss it.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03I'll be there.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05You bring me the rest of the money.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08I'll take you to your boat.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16You're a goddamn burglar.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18And that proves it.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- Are you asleep? - HE MURMURS
0:38:43 > 0:38:45I've been thinking.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49When you decide to go...
0:38:51 > 0:38:54..I'd very much appreciate going with you.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58Why?
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- Can you handle a boat?- No.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10Can you even see a boat without your glasses?
0:39:10 > 0:39:14- I can help.- Jesus Christ, you didn't want to escape.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16I didn't.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Now I have no choice.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22If I stay, here in this place...
0:39:26 > 0:39:28..I'll die.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Well, it's your money.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52You two, I got a job for you!
0:39:52 > 0:39:56Load the stiffs into the boat, right now.
0:40:08 > 0:40:09Julot.
0:40:15 > 0:40:16Pick him up.
0:40:26 > 0:40:27Dega!
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Don't puke here! Hey, Guard!
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Sarge!
0:40:35 > 0:40:36He didn't mean it, sir. He's sick.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39I'll take care of him.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Stop that, you pig!
0:40:56 > 0:41:00He didn't mean it. I'll take care of him, sir.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Aaaaah!
0:41:08 > 0:41:10WHISTLE BLOWS Stop, you bastard!
0:41:26 > 0:41:27GUNSHOT
0:41:33 > 0:41:41You realise that the first man who carved a wheel out of stone used it as an ornament?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46I've always admired him for that.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52That's one search party that gave up.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Instead of making the orifice fit the lens,
0:42:01 > 0:42:03I made the lens fit the orifice.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14What do you think? Did he make it, or didn't he?
0:42:16 > 0:42:19I'd say his chances are very poor, wouldn't you?
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Jesus, is that all you can say?
0:42:23 > 0:42:27What do you expect me to say?
0:42:27 > 0:42:31That man risked his life to save mine.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35For me, that's a new experience.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44These may work better than I had hoped.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47RADIO PLAYS
0:42:51 > 0:42:54FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:43:01 > 0:43:04I told you, you couldn't miss it.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12The only trouble is, you're a week early.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16It's up to you.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20You're worth just as much dead as you are alive.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00The rule here is total silence.
0:44:00 > 0:44:07We make no pretence at rehabilitation here. We're not priests. We're processors.
0:44:07 > 0:44:12Meat packers process animals into edible ones. We process dangerous men into harmless ones.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15This we accomplish by breaking you.
0:44:16 > 0:44:20Breaking you physically, spiritually and here.
0:44:20 > 0:44:25Strange things happen to the head here. Put all hope out of your mind.
0:44:25 > 0:44:30Masturbate as little as possible. It drains the strength.
0:44:30 > 0:44:31That's all. Take him away.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41- WHISPERS:- One, two...
0:46:41 > 0:46:44three, four, five.
0:46:46 > 0:46:50One, two, three, four, five.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11SHRILL WHISTLE
0:47:12 > 0:47:14DOOR LATCH OPENS
0:47:42 > 0:47:43SLAM!
0:48:12 > 0:48:14- WHISPERS:- Oh, Jesus.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21No. You'll eat everything they give you.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33I'm going to be fine.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37I'm going to be fine.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39I'm going to be fine.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42One, two, three, four, five.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46SHRILL WHISTLE
0:48:46 > 0:48:48DOOR RATTLES
0:49:19 > 0:49:21WHISPERS: I'm Jo Jo.
0:49:21 > 0:49:22Papillon.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26How do I look?
0:49:27 > 0:49:29I feel pretty good,
0:49:29 > 0:49:32but I need somebody to tell me how I look.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36Fine. You look fine.
0:49:42 > 0:49:43WHISTLE
0:50:26 > 0:50:29"Chew the coconut well.
0:50:31 > 0:50:37- WHISPERS:- "Then swallow the pulp. One each day. For strength.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40"My thoughts are with you.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43"Squinter. Dega."
0:50:43 > 0:50:46I'll be a son of a bitch! Dega.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39- WHISPERS: - I'm still here, you bastards!
0:51:55 > 0:51:57SQUEAKING
0:52:13 > 0:52:15WHISTLE
0:52:15 > 0:52:17RATTLE OF HATCH
0:52:47 > 0:52:49Prisoner, show yourself!
0:53:03 > 0:53:05You've been receiving coconuts.
0:53:05 > 0:53:10Unless you tell us who sent them, your rations will be halved.
0:53:11 > 0:53:17- How can I tell you who sent me stuff I didn't get?- WHAT stuff?
0:53:18 > 0:53:20Well...I...
0:53:20 > 0:53:24I-I don't know. You-you said coconuts.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27I want that name and I want it now.
0:53:31 > 0:53:35Put him on half rations and screen his cell for six months.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40Darkness does wonders for a bad memory.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49DOOR SLAMS AND LOCKS
0:54:29 > 0:54:31You know the charge!
0:54:31 > 0:54:33I'm innocent!
0:54:33 > 0:54:35I didn't kill that pimp.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39You couldn't get anything on me and you framed me.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41That is quite true.
0:54:41 > 0:54:47But your real crime has nothing to do with a pimp's death.
0:54:48 > 0:54:49Well, then?
0:54:50 > 0:54:51What is it?
0:54:51 > 0:54:54Yours is the most terrible crime
0:54:54 > 0:54:56a human being can commit.
0:54:56 > 0:54:59I accuse you...
0:54:59 > 0:55:02of a wasted life.
0:55:04 > 0:55:06Guilty.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10The penalty for that is death.
0:55:12 > 0:55:13Guilty.
0:55:16 > 0:55:17Guilty.
0:55:21 > 0:55:22Guilty.
0:55:42 > 0:55:43CRASH!
0:56:15 > 0:56:17WHISPERS: They know.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25Hey!
0:56:40 > 0:56:42How did you hear?
0:56:42 > 0:56:46Trusty. He works on the launch between here and St Joseph.
0:56:46 > 0:56:49That's all that he said?
0:56:50 > 0:56:53Then it's only a matter of time.
0:56:53 > 0:56:57- Think so?- He's on half rations now. He can't exist on that.
0:56:57 > 0:57:01Forced to choose between starvation and telling, what would you do?
0:57:01 > 0:57:05We're not talking about me. What would YOU do?
0:57:05 > 0:57:07I'd tell.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09I'd HAVE to.
0:57:09 > 0:57:13You get weak, you get delirious, you lose control...
0:57:13 > 0:57:15and you talk.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19Then you won't blame him, huh?
0:57:24 > 0:57:27Blame is for God and small children.
0:57:57 > 0:57:59THUNDER RUMBLES
0:58:14 > 0:58:15I eat bugs!
0:58:15 > 0:58:20I-I-I don't have enough sense to get out of the rain.
0:59:19 > 0:59:21Prisoner, show yourself!
0:59:41 > 0:59:44Give me the name and you're back on full rations.
0:59:45 > 0:59:47Just one name.
0:59:49 > 0:59:52- CROAKS:- I don't get that hungry.
0:59:54 > 0:59:57You starve. You should see yourself.
0:59:57 > 1:00:00I was born skinny.
1:00:03 > 1:00:04Then you'll die.
1:00:16 > 1:00:18COUGHING
1:00:27 > 1:00:31WHEEZING
1:00:54 > 1:00:55THUD
1:01:10 > 1:01:12- WHISPERS:- I'm Papillon.
1:01:12 > 1:01:14Francisco.
1:01:14 > 1:01:16How do I look?
1:01:16 > 1:01:18Do I look OK?
1:01:18 > 1:01:19You look swell.
1:02:02 > 1:02:04That's 30 days more, pimp-killer.
1:02:04 > 1:02:07I want to talk to the warden.
1:02:07 > 1:02:09I have something I wanna tell him!
1:02:47 > 1:02:49Who gave you the food?
1:02:58 > 1:03:00I...I...
1:03:01 > 1:03:04Jesus...warden...
1:03:05 > 1:03:07I-I-I-I...
1:03:09 > 1:03:12I had the name, honest to God,
1:03:12 > 1:03:15I must be light...
1:03:16 > 1:03:19I must be light-headed...
1:03:19 > 1:03:21or something...I...
1:03:22 > 1:03:24I'm trying...
1:03:24 > 1:03:26I'm trying.
1:03:27 > 1:03:30I can't remember.
1:03:30 > 1:03:32Honest to God, I can't...
1:03:36 > 1:03:39It's not there, Mr Prosecutor...
1:03:39 > 1:03:42no, it's not there.
1:03:42 > 1:03:44No.
1:03:55 > 1:03:56He's dying.
1:04:23 > 1:04:26BRASS BAND MUSIC
1:04:28 > 1:04:30LOUD CHEERING
1:05:10 > 1:05:13SILENCE
1:05:53 > 1:05:56Y-ou-ou-'re...d-ea-d.
1:06:14 > 1:06:16CLINK OF KEY IN LOCK
1:06:26 > 1:06:29Your term is completed.
1:07:14 > 1:07:17- WHISPERS:- Five.
1:07:20 > 1:07:22Six.
1:07:23 > 1:07:26Oh, yes, this is seven...
1:07:38 > 1:07:43Welcome to the Penal Colony of French Guiana,
1:07:43 > 1:07:46whose prisoners you are,
1:07:46 > 1:07:49and from which there is no escape.
1:07:52 > 1:07:58First attempts at escape, add two years in solitary to existing sentences.
1:08:01 > 1:08:04Second attempts, add five more.
1:08:06 > 1:08:08Of course, more serious offences
1:08:08 > 1:08:11are dealt with in this fashion.
1:08:25 > 1:08:27Hello, Papi.
1:08:30 > 1:08:34- WHISPERS:- Don't take advantage. I'm in handcuffs.
1:09:11 > 1:09:14I have hot soup with real meat in it.
1:09:14 > 1:09:16Dega sent it to you.
1:09:31 > 1:09:33My name is Maturette.
1:10:46 > 1:10:48How are you?
1:10:48 > 1:10:50I'm pretty good.
1:10:51 > 1:10:55You'd be in much better health if you'd given them my name.
1:10:56 > 1:10:58I almost did.
1:10:59 > 1:11:03Someone once said that temptation resisted
1:11:03 > 1:11:06is the true measure of character.
1:11:07 > 1:11:10How did you get out of Kilo 40?
1:11:10 > 1:11:13It was the rankest sort of corruption.
1:11:13 > 1:11:19Suffice it to say, the warden now has a new house, and I've become his chief clerk.
1:11:19 > 1:11:21Papillon,
1:11:21 > 1:11:25my wife and lawyer have convinced certain members
1:11:25 > 1:11:28in the Ministry of Justice that my sentence was harsh.
1:11:28 > 1:11:32Some months back, I asked them to look into your case
1:11:33 > 1:11:35and they've made some headway.
1:11:35 > 1:11:43One of the principal witnesses against you may be willing to change his story for a price.
1:11:43 > 1:11:46If this happened, when would it be?
1:11:46 > 1:11:48You could be out in three years.
1:11:48 > 1:11:49Too long.
1:11:49 > 1:11:51No, it isn't.
1:11:51 > 1:11:53With a good job, the time would pass quickly.
1:11:54 > 1:11:56Listen, my friend,
1:11:56 > 1:11:59you owe me nothing.
1:12:05 > 1:12:07Tell me what you want.
1:12:07 > 1:12:09A boat.
1:12:15 > 1:12:17I should have known.
1:12:27 > 1:12:29DOOR OPENS
1:13:43 > 1:13:46KEY TURNS IN LOCK
1:13:48 > 1:13:51DOOR SLAMS AND LOCKS
1:14:28 > 1:14:30Papi, don't you remember me?
1:14:30 > 1:14:33- Clusiot.- Yeah.
1:14:33 > 1:14:35What happened to your eyes?
1:14:38 > 1:14:43I put some ground-up castor beans in 'em so I'd look sick enough to get in here.
1:14:43 > 1:14:45- Why?- I'm going with you.
1:14:45 > 1:14:48- What?- Yeah.
1:14:49 > 1:14:52Dega's got you on the x-ray list for tomorrow.
1:14:52 > 1:14:56The x-ray doctor - he's a convict, some kind of Hindu or something.
1:14:56 > 1:14:59He knows somebody who can sell you a boat.
1:14:59 > 1:15:02If the price is right.
1:15:04 > 1:15:06When do we run, Papi?
1:15:11 > 1:15:13I'll talk to that doctor tomorrow.
1:15:23 > 1:15:28The last boat I obtained was for a sex murderer.
1:15:28 > 1:15:31They shot him to pieces down the river, poor man.
1:15:31 > 1:15:33But the boat stood up very well.
1:15:33 > 1:15:35You have the heart of an ox.
1:15:35 > 1:15:37- What kind of boat?- 14 feet.
1:15:37 > 1:15:42Complete with compass, sails, tools, clothes.
1:15:42 > 1:15:46Ah! The generator begins. Science takes over.
1:15:46 > 1:15:50X-rays are quite worthless. They always have been.
1:15:50 > 1:15:52Lie down please, on the back.
1:15:52 > 1:15:56- How much would it cost? - 3,000 in advance,
1:15:56 > 1:16:00which you pay to me, and I pay to Pascal who provides everything.
1:16:00 > 1:16:04Draw a deep breath, please, and hold completely still.
1:16:04 > 1:16:08Another 3,000 you pay directly to Pascal when he delivers the boat.
1:16:08 > 1:16:10Exhale please and turn over.
1:16:11 > 1:16:13If I decide to make a deal
1:16:13 > 1:16:15how do we handle it?
1:16:15 > 1:16:18Have no fear. Ways will be found.
1:16:18 > 1:16:21Trust me for everything.
1:16:21 > 1:16:25Last time I did that, it cost me two years in solitary.
1:16:25 > 1:16:28Ah, so, you have been cheated, eh?
1:16:28 > 1:16:33Happily for you, money doesn't tempt me. I'm after bigger game.
1:16:33 > 1:16:35Draw a deep breath.
1:16:35 > 1:16:39You see... I killed my whole family.
1:16:39 > 1:16:41All of them.
1:16:41 > 1:16:43A wife, and four little ones.
1:16:43 > 1:16:46Exhale, if you haven't already.
1:16:48 > 1:16:52You double-cross me, I'll kill you.
1:16:52 > 1:16:54Of course.
1:16:54 > 1:16:56I would consider that a favour.
1:16:56 > 1:16:59A very great favour.
1:17:17 > 1:17:22One night I might ask you to take that turnkey into the toilet.
1:17:22 > 1:17:25Show him a good time. After, you'll get 1,000.
1:17:26 > 1:17:28Why?
1:17:28 > 1:17:33That's my business. Your business is to make him happy for ten minutes.
1:17:33 > 1:17:35One thousand.
1:17:35 > 1:17:37He's filthy.
1:17:37 > 1:17:392,000. Does that make him cleaner?
1:17:44 > 1:17:47- You think I'm a whore.- Easy.
1:17:47 > 1:17:49Well, you're wrong.
1:17:49 > 1:17:51Next!
1:19:09 > 1:19:12I'll do what you ask,
1:19:12 > 1:19:14on one condition.
1:19:14 > 1:19:16Take me with you.
1:19:16 > 1:19:18No.
1:19:18 > 1:19:22I'm the only one who can get you out of here.
1:19:27 > 1:19:29- Uh, uh. You're a f...- I know.
1:19:29 > 1:19:31I'm a queer.
1:19:31 > 1:19:34A fairy. A poof.
1:19:36 > 1:19:38But there's one thing you forgot.
1:19:38 > 1:19:43You may have been framed as you say you were, but I wasn't.
1:19:43 > 1:19:49Between the two of us, I'm the one who's killed a man - not you.
1:19:53 > 1:19:55OK.
1:20:37 > 1:20:39It's tonight during the concert.
1:20:39 > 1:20:41I'll be there.
1:20:41 > 1:20:44I have to. I'm serving refreshments.
1:20:44 > 1:20:46I think you ought to go with us.
1:20:46 > 1:20:49- You ought to.- Thank you.
1:20:49 > 1:20:53But my wife is arranging for my release. The letter is overdue.
1:20:56 > 1:20:58Listen to me.
1:20:58 > 1:21:05If your wife was here and you were in Paris with that money, how much would you pay to get her back?
1:21:05 > 1:21:07Everything I have.
1:21:08 > 1:21:11And how much would SHE pay...
1:21:11 > 1:21:13to get you back?
1:21:17 > 1:21:19That's why you should run.
1:21:19 > 1:21:22NOW, Louis, while you've got a chance.
1:21:22 > 1:21:25But I have a chance without running.
1:21:27 > 1:21:29Me, they can kill,
1:21:29 > 1:21:32you, they own.
1:21:37 > 1:21:38Goodbye.
1:21:38 > 1:21:40Good luck.
1:21:58 > 1:22:01BAND PLAYS
1:26:36 > 1:26:38- WHISPERS:- Clusiot!
1:27:07 > 1:27:12Dega, you bastard!
1:27:12 > 1:27:14Shit!
1:27:14 > 1:27:16Ohhhh!
1:27:16 > 1:27:17CLATTER
1:27:23 > 1:27:25Pull!
1:27:25 > 1:27:26Pull!
1:27:32 > 1:27:34Hold on!
1:27:43 > 1:27:44Ow!
1:27:46 > 1:27:48Let's go!
1:27:49 > 1:27:51- Clusiot?- A guard got him.
1:27:51 > 1:27:53Let's go.
1:28:07 > 1:28:09Here! Here!>
1:28:09 > 1:28:11- Where's the other one? - Right here.
1:28:11 > 1:28:13A little twist.
1:28:13 > 1:28:15Come on!
1:28:56 > 1:28:58There's your boat over there.
1:28:59 > 1:29:013,000.
1:29:07 > 1:29:11Better check her out, see if everything's OK. I'm in a hurry.
1:29:11 > 1:29:13Let's go. Let's go.
1:29:15 > 1:29:20Don't use those guns if you don't want the manhunters down on you.
1:29:21 > 1:29:23I put two gallons of rum aboard.
1:29:23 > 1:29:25Send me a postcard from Honduras.
1:29:41 > 1:29:43Let's have a drink of that rum.
1:29:56 > 1:29:59Goddamn boat's no good. Look at it!
1:29:59 > 1:30:01I'll kill that bastard!
1:30:01 > 1:30:04- It's just made out of kindling. - So's my leg.
1:30:06 > 1:30:08I didn't twist my ankle. I fractured it.
1:30:08 > 1:30:11You broke your leg? Why didn't you say something?
1:30:11 > 1:30:14I had the unworthy suspicion
1:30:14 > 1:30:16- you might leave me behind.- Right!
1:30:16 > 1:30:19It must be set. I need your help.
1:30:19 > 1:30:22- I presume it will be painful. - You bet!
1:30:22 > 1:30:26Just remember, that's my money that's sinking.
1:30:26 > 1:30:29I prevented a guard from shooting you!
1:30:29 > 1:30:32He probably would have missed me!
1:30:32 > 1:30:33- Now, relax.- What?
1:30:33 > 1:30:35- Relax!- You're at the wrong end.
1:30:39 > 1:30:42It'll only last a couple of minutes.
1:30:46 > 1:30:49- Jesus!- Hold him above the knee.
1:30:49 > 1:30:50Ready?
1:30:58 > 1:31:00That finishes it.
1:31:00 > 1:31:01How did you do that?
1:31:02 > 1:31:04We've all got our sensitive spots.
1:31:04 > 1:31:07- What?- He found a sensitive spot you didn't know you had.
1:31:07 > 1:31:10CRY OF BIRD
1:31:19 > 1:31:21CRIES CONTINUE
1:31:26 > 1:31:28Move and you're dead.
1:31:28 > 1:31:30Turn around.
1:31:32 > 1:31:34Throw that gun out in front of you.
1:31:37 > 1:31:40You know, I get 200 for one of these.
1:31:40 > 1:31:42I wouldn't want to lose it.
1:31:42 > 1:31:43Turn around.
1:31:45 > 1:31:50- You and two others broke out of St Laurent last night.- That's right.
1:31:50 > 1:31:53- Are the others at the boat? - That's right.
1:31:53 > 1:31:55- And the boat's no good? - Not worth a damn.
1:31:56 > 1:31:58Been expecting you.
1:32:04 > 1:32:06Come on.
1:32:08 > 1:32:10CRY OF BIRD
1:32:12 > 1:32:13Don't shoot.
1:32:13 > 1:32:15It's OK.
1:32:19 > 1:32:23I caught these two manhunters asleep just before sun-up.
1:32:23 > 1:32:27They've been hanging around waiting on you.
1:32:27 > 1:32:31Each time he sells that boat, it's in worse shape than the last.
1:32:32 > 1:32:33Do you like this?
1:32:33 > 1:32:36Oh, very much.
1:32:36 > 1:32:39I did too at the time, but I was drunk.
1:32:39 > 1:32:41Here - take this.
1:32:41 > 1:32:48Cut yourself some bamboo and lash it together with sail-cloth. I'll be back at sunset.
1:32:50 > 1:32:52I'll tow you up river to Pigeon Island.
1:32:53 > 1:32:57You can get a boat there if you've got enough money.
1:32:57 > 1:33:00If you haven't they'll probably kill you.
1:33:00 > 1:33:02They're all lepers.
1:33:31 > 1:33:34MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY
1:33:35 > 1:33:38DOG BARKS
1:33:48 > 1:33:50You noisy son of a bitch.
1:33:50 > 1:33:52Do dogs carry leprosy?
1:34:05 > 1:34:07Well...the hell with it.
1:34:07 > 1:34:09- Here take this.- Sshhh.
1:34:11 > 1:34:14I don't want to fight these people.
1:34:14 > 1:34:18Just want to try and talk them out of a boat.
1:34:40 > 1:34:42MUSIC STOPS
1:35:02 > 1:35:04Who are you?
1:35:07 > 1:35:09A state prisoner, Papillon.
1:35:09 > 1:35:12Where are the other two?
1:35:12 > 1:35:14They're down on the beach.
1:35:14 > 1:35:16One's got a broken ankle.
1:35:16 > 1:35:17Come in.
1:35:59 > 1:36:02You have two rifles.
1:36:02 > 1:36:05- That's right.- And you want a boat.
1:36:05 > 1:36:07That's right.
1:36:07 > 1:36:09But you're short of money.
1:36:11 > 1:36:13That's right, too.
1:36:13 > 1:36:18Why don't you have the courtesy to look at me when you speak?
1:36:29 > 1:36:31We do a lot of smuggling here.
1:36:31 > 1:36:35We raid the mainland and we steal boats.
1:36:35 > 1:36:39When an outsider comes in, we generally kill him as a security measure.
1:36:39 > 1:36:42That makes sense.
1:36:43 > 1:36:47Well...a man of Christian understanding.
1:36:49 > 1:36:51Do you like cigars?
1:36:51 > 1:36:53When I can get 'em.
1:36:56 > 1:36:58Try this one.
1:37:27 > 1:37:30How did you know I have dry leprosy?
1:37:30 > 1:37:32That it isn't contagious?
1:37:33 > 1:37:36I didn't.
1:37:37 > 1:37:39LAUGHTER
1:38:00 > 1:38:05In normal weather you should sight Honduras in about 3½ weeks.
1:38:05 > 1:38:08When you get there, you'll need some money.
1:38:08 > 1:38:10We passed the hat.
1:38:10 > 1:38:13Take it! It's disinfected.
1:38:14 > 1:38:21If you're going to catch leprosy, it's better to catch it from money than from people.
1:38:24 > 1:38:26Take it.
1:38:28 > 1:38:35All we use it for is gambling, bringing in women lepers from Albina.
1:38:35 > 1:38:37We've always got enough for that.
1:38:44 > 1:38:45Hurry up.
1:38:45 > 1:38:49Get on board. You'll miss the tide.
1:39:01 > 1:39:02Goodbye.
1:39:37 > 1:39:38Honduras.
1:39:59 > 1:40:01Aaaagh!
1:40:03 > 1:40:07Get it off my leg! Goddammit!
1:41:04 > 1:41:07All right, come on.
1:41:07 > 1:41:09One more.
1:41:09 > 1:41:11I'm already so drunk, I can't think.
1:41:11 > 1:41:14Yeah, that's what I want.
1:41:17 > 1:41:20Put this between your teeth.
1:41:22 > 1:41:24It's going to hurt you, Louis.
1:41:27 > 1:41:30If you want to yell, you yell.
1:41:30 > 1:41:32I certainly will.
1:41:45 > 1:41:47Mmmmm. Mmmmm!
1:42:00 > 1:42:03- I fooled you.- What?
1:42:05 > 1:42:08I fooled you, didn't I?
1:43:22 > 1:43:25IN SPANISH: 'One moment, please, senors.' What do you want?
1:43:25 > 1:43:28IN SPANISH: Identification. Who are you?
1:43:28 > 1:43:31We're fishermen. Our friend here...
1:43:42 > 1:43:45Goddammit, we-we made it.
1:43:50 > 1:43:52GUNSHOTS
1:44:10 > 1:44:12Oya!
1:44:12 > 1:44:14Amigo!
1:44:19 > 1:44:21Por favor.
1:44:21 > 1:44:24HE SPEAKS IN SPANISH
1:44:27 > 1:44:29Huh?
1:44:30 > 1:44:34HE SPEAKS IN SPANISH
1:45:54 > 1:45:55HE SPEAKS IN SPANISH
1:46:30 > 1:46:32HE SPEAKS IN SPANISH
1:46:32 > 1:46:35IN SPANISH: Trackers.
1:57:49 > 1:57:51IN SPANISH: Show your papers, please.
1:58:02 > 1:58:04Buenos dias. Buenos dias.
1:58:10 > 1:58:13Por favor.
1:58:16 > 1:58:18Senor.
1:58:20 > 1:58:22Dinero, por favor.
1:59:20 > 1:59:22What was your crime?
1:59:23 > 1:59:25Murder.
1:59:26 > 1:59:29I wasn't guilty. I've never killed.
1:59:31 > 1:59:34If you regained your freedom, what would you do?
1:59:35 > 1:59:38I haven't had much time to think about that.
1:59:38 > 1:59:43If you are a thief or murderer, by morning you might have stolen everything we have.
1:59:49 > 1:59:52These are mine. They were a gift.
1:59:52 > 1:59:55You keep them until I leave.
2:00:07 > 2:00:11KNOCK AT DOOR
2:00:13 > 2:00:15Are you awake?
2:00:15 > 2:00:16Yes, ma'am.
2:00:31 > 2:00:33If you are sinful,
2:00:33 > 2:00:35you've made amends by feeding half the poor here.
2:00:35 > 2:00:41If you are truly not sinful, you have nothing to fear. God will watch over you.
2:01:02 > 2:01:04Aaaagh!
2:01:53 > 2:01:57Your five years in solitary confinement are at an end.
2:01:57 > 2:02:00You've paid part of your debt to France.
2:02:49 > 2:02:50Papi...
2:03:30 > 2:03:32BELL TOLLS
2:03:35 > 2:03:37CLANG!
2:03:40 > 2:03:42CLANG!
2:03:46 > 2:03:48CLANG!
2:03:51 > 2:03:54CLANG!
2:04:37 > 2:04:41That's the only way off Devil's Island.
2:04:42 > 2:04:45We try to take things easy here.
2:04:47 > 2:04:51The sharks and the tide do all the real guard work, so it's live and let live.
2:04:52 > 2:04:54Unless you make trouble.
2:04:54 > 2:05:00That one's empty. You might as well take it.
2:05:00 > 2:05:05Watch round the other huts. You might be taken for a poacher, and be killed.
2:05:45 > 2:05:47How dare you sit there?
2:05:47 > 2:05:50This bench belongs to Captain Dreyfus!
2:05:50 > 2:05:52Who are you to sit on that bench?
2:05:53 > 2:05:55Nobody.
2:05:55 > 2:05:58That's right - nobody!
2:05:59 > 2:06:01Do you know who I am?
2:06:25 > 2:06:27Dega?
2:06:33 > 2:06:34Dega!
2:06:40 > 2:06:41Dega.
2:06:52 > 2:06:54Dega!
2:07:12 > 2:07:13Louis.
2:07:17 > 2:07:19Louis.
2:07:23 > 2:07:26I wish you hadn't come here.
2:07:35 > 2:07:38Are you fond of crayfish?
2:08:08 > 2:08:08Good.
2:08:10 > 2:08:14- You really think so? - Best I've had.
2:08:14 > 2:08:15In years.
2:08:20 > 2:08:23Did you hear about my wife?
2:08:23 > 2:08:25She married my attorney.
2:08:25 > 2:08:27Or else, he married her.
2:08:27 > 2:08:31Although actually, it doesn't really matter.
2:08:31 > 2:08:36I mean, it all works out to the same thing, don't you think?
2:08:39 > 2:08:45Well...I-I have not heard from her in about...
2:08:47 > 2:08:50It is nice here, isn't it?
2:08:50 > 2:08:52You've made it nice, Louis.
2:08:53 > 2:08:56Really nice.
2:08:58 > 2:09:00Funny.
2:09:01 > 2:09:03You and me ending up here.
2:09:05 > 2:09:07We're the only ones left.
2:09:10 > 2:09:12Do you ever wonder about it?
2:09:12 > 2:09:13No.
2:09:15 > 2:09:17I do.
2:09:20 > 2:09:22Get away!
2:09:23 > 2:09:25Get away!
2:09:25 > 2:09:26GET AWAY!
2:09:26 > 2:09:28THAT'S ENOUGH!
2:09:40 > 2:09:42They come and steal from my garden.
2:09:42 > 2:09:43Who does?
2:09:48 > 2:09:50Maybe I'd better go.
2:09:50 > 2:09:51Yes.
2:09:54 > 2:09:57I know your house.
2:09:57 > 2:09:59There's no ghost in it.
2:10:32 > 2:10:35"My thoughts are with you."
2:11:02 > 2:11:04Jesus!
2:11:33 > 2:11:35Louis! Loui-s.
2:11:35 > 2:11:40Remember those seeds Sergeant Santini gave me? They've come up.
2:11:40 > 2:11:41Louis.
2:11:41 > 2:11:44- It said six weeks, but it's only taken four.- Louis!
2:11:44 > 2:11:48If I could find a way to get off here, would you come?
2:11:48 > 2:11:49Yes, of course.
2:11:49 > 2:11:53Freddy, you know better than that. Get away!
2:11:54 > 2:11:57- I've got no money. They took it all.- Forget that!
2:11:57 > 2:11:59- You can't buy your way out.- How?
2:12:00 > 2:12:02I don't know yet.
2:12:02 > 2:12:04Then we don't have to discuss it.
2:12:04 > 2:12:07Tell me, do you like tomatoes?
2:12:07 > 2:12:10I have extra seeds. You might like to start your own garden.
2:12:33 > 2:12:36You see, it's a horseshoe.
2:12:36 > 2:12:39When the waves break,
2:12:39 > 2:12:43they have no place else to go, except go back out again.
2:12:43 > 2:12:45You can't launch a boat from here.
2:12:45 > 2:12:49There's no place you can launch one from.
2:12:49 > 2:12:53Bags of coconuts. Tie them together and throw them over.
2:12:53 > 2:12:55- Float out on a wave.- Oh.
2:12:56 > 2:12:58Then what happens?
2:12:58 > 2:13:01The mainland's only 24 miles.
2:13:01 > 2:13:03You just drift with the current.
2:13:05 > 2:13:07I'll need two days.
2:13:07 > 2:13:09- You're certain?- Yeah.
2:13:11 > 2:13:15Seems so...so desperate.
2:13:15 > 2:13:17Yeah.
2:13:17 > 2:13:19You think it will work?
2:13:21 > 2:13:23Does it matter?
2:13:30 > 2:13:32That's not yours.
2:13:32 > 2:13:34Get away! I won't tell you again.
2:13:34 > 2:13:36Here you are, Freddy.
2:13:36 > 2:13:40Freddy's not feeling well today, and you should appreciate that.
2:13:49 > 2:13:51Freddy!
2:13:51 > 2:13:54Freddy, that's not for you. That's Adam's.
2:13:54 > 2:13:57Come here, Adam!
2:13:57 > 2:14:00- Let's take a walk.- Certainly.
2:14:00 > 2:14:02Isn't that a little small?
2:14:03 > 2:14:06- It's just to try it with. - Certainly.
2:14:07 > 2:14:11You know, I've been thinking of building a porch.
2:14:11 > 2:14:15There's not a home on this entire island with a porch.
2:14:15 > 2:14:18Not even Sergeant Santini has a porch.
2:14:18 > 2:14:20What do you think, huh?
2:14:20 > 2:14:22Come on.
2:16:42 > 2:16:44It was the wrong wave.
2:16:45 > 2:16:46Oh.
2:16:48 > 2:16:50They come in a series of seven.
2:16:50 > 2:16:56The seventh wave is big enough to take us both out beyond the point of return.
2:16:57 > 2:16:59Are you certain?
2:16:59 > 2:17:01Yeah.
2:17:02 > 2:17:03Excellent.
2:17:07 > 2:17:11Oh, if we're going, I'd better pick those carrots.
2:17:25 > 2:17:27Fourth wave.
2:17:36 > 2:17:37Ready?
2:17:37 > 2:17:39I must tell you something.
2:17:40 > 2:17:44Loui-s, you don't have to say anything.
2:17:44 > 2:17:46I meant to.
2:17:47 > 2:17:49I'm sorry.
2:17:50 > 2:17:52I know.
2:17:56 > 2:17:59You'll be killed. You know that?
2:17:59 > 2:18:01Maybe.
2:18:02 > 2:18:04Please don't do it.
2:20:41 > 2:20:45Hey, you bastards, I'm still here.
2:20:56 > 2:20:59Papillon made it to freedom.
2:21:00 > 2:21:05And for the remaining years of his life, he lived a free man.
2:21:05 > 2:21:10This, the infamous penal system in French Guiana,
2:21:10 > 2:21:12did not survive him.
2:23:23 > 2:23:27Subtitles by Hazel Towell, BBC