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Papillon (1973) – Review by Pauline Kael

admin2018-10-22T11:34:40+00:00October 22nd, 2018|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Franklin J. Schaffner, Movie reviews, Papillon (1973), Pauline Kael|

Papillon is a strange mixture of grimness and propriety. There are unnecessary brutalities involving characters we hardly know , and at the same time the movie absolutely refuses the audience any comic relief.

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Il bel volo di PAPILLON da Mauriac a Polanski

admin2017-05-30T14:56:12+00:00May 30th, 2017|Categories: LITERATURE|Tags: Henri Charrière, Papillon (1973), Papillon [book]|

Papillon: una farfalla che vola alto, come un’aquila. Il lungo romanzo autobiografico dell’ex-ergastolano Henri Charrière sta battendo il record assoluto dei best-sellers

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