The film is a remake of the classic prison break movie of the same name starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman in 1973. It tells the story of Henry, a professional pickpocket played by Charlie Hunnam, who was framed for killing a pimp and was exiled to a prison in French Guiana surrounded by the sea. Because of a butterfly tattoo on his chest, his classmates and inmates called him "Papillon". From the day he entered the prison, Papillon planned to escape, but escaping the prison required money to bribe the guards and buy a boat to escape, so he set his sights on Louis, a forgery expert and millionaire who was also serving a sentence at the same time, played by Rami Malek, and obtained his financial support by guaranteeing Degas' safety, and the two formed an alliance...