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PAPILLON (1973)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weAIJIeJ19o

The butterfly that spreads its wings across the chest of Steve McQueen’s incarcerated Henri Papillon shows how the spirit of the title character has developed over the course of the film, and showing his desire to fly away from his life in the island jail cell. This symbolism becomes so much clearer in the final scene of the film which we won’t ruin for those who haven’t seen it, but let’s just say that Papillon uses his inner butterfly in an attempt to make the most of the life he has left, rather than rot in the cells that’s become his home.



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