Papillon (1973)
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
A safecracker shipped from France to the penal colony in French Guiana tries again and again to escape, from the jungle camps to Colombia and finally off Devil's Island.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Prison yard and departing convicts≈ 00:02:00FranceStated on screen
Convicts are marched out under guard to the ship bound for French Guiana.
- 2Penal colony≈ 00:15:00Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French GuianaStated on screen
The convicts land at the penal colony and are sorted into labour gangs.
- 3Jungle labour camp≈ 00:25:00French GuianaInferred
Papillon protects Dega in a brutal camp in the swamps, then bolts and is caught.
- 4Solitary confinement≈ 00:45:00French GuianaInferred
Two years in a dark cell, kept alive by coconut smuggled in by Dega.
- 5Infirmary and escape over the wall≈ 01:05:00Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French GuianaStated on screen
- 6Leper colony≈ 01:15:00French GuianaInferred
- 7Coast landing≈ 01:30:00La Guajira coast, ColombiaInferred
- 8Native village≈ 01:35:00La Guajira coast, ColombiaInferred
- 9Convent≈ 01:50:00ColombiaInferred
- 10Devil's Island, French Guiana≈ 02:05:00Stated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 15,403 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 3
- Stops
- 10
- Boat: 9,459 km
- Not shown: 5,944 km
- On foot: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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