First PAPILLON Trailer Experience the first PAPILLON trailer! The film, directed by Michael Noer, stars Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Tommy Flanagan, Roland Møller, and Eve Hewson. PAPILLON will be released in theaters on August 24. Based on the international best-selling autobiographic books “Papillon” and “Banco”, PAPILLON follows the epic story of Henri “Papillon” Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek), who in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon’s escape.