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Clusiot: You're Louis Dega. I'm Clusiot. How come you ended up in a place like this?
Dega: Favouritism.
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Papillon: We're really something, aren't we? The only animals that shove things up their ass for survival.
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Prisoner: I know you, you're Dega. You're a very intelligent man!
Dega: Thank you. I seem to be known in all the wrong places.
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Camp Commandant: Make the best of what we offer you, and you will suffer less than you deserve.
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[Papillon is contemplating a daring leap from a cliff to escape]
Dega: [the plan] It seems so desperate. You think it will work?
Papillon: Does it matter?
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Dega: Blame is for God and small children.
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Papillon: Hey you bastards, I'm still here.
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Dega: A temptation resisted is a true measure of character.
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Warden Barrot: [to Papillon upon his release from solitary confinement after two years following his first escape attempt] Your term is completed.
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Warden Barrot: [to Papillon upon his release from solitary confinement after five years following his second escape attempt] Your five years in solitary confinement are at an end. You've paid part of your debt to France.
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Warden Barrot: Put all hope out of your mind. And masturbate as little as possible, it drains the strength!
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Dega: Well, it now seems quite possible that until we get to a decent jail with bribeable guards, I may stand in some need of... rather close physical protection.
Papillon: That depends on how long you want to live.
Dega: For a long time.
Papillon: Then you got a problem.
Dega: Well, I presume that you have some, uh, goals, some particular need that outrates all the others. I mean, if so... may I aslk what it is?
Papillon: Money!
Dega: For what?
Papillon: Escape.
Dega: Very good. You keep me alive until we land in Guiana, and I'll underwrite any escape you care to arrange.
Papillon: Escape for me, not for us!
Dega: Oh, of course. I, I, I...
[laughs]
Dega: . I have no intention, uh, of even attempting to escape - ever!
Papillon: Done!
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Doctor: [Briefly examining Dega in a prefunctory manner] You're fine. NEXT!
Dega: [Walking away] Must be better than I feel.
Doctor: [Briefly examining Papillon] You're in wonderful shape.
Papillon: How do you fail an examination like this?
Doctor: NEXT!
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Dega: If I stay - here in this place - I will die!
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Papillon: [to Dega] Me they can kill... You they own!
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Judge in Dream: I accuse YOU... of a WASTED LIFE!
Papillon: Guilty... guilty... guilty...
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Warden Barrot: Forget France and put your clothes on.
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Dega: Remember what the chicken said to the weasel?
Papillon: If he was a healthy weasel, the chicken didn't get a chance to say anything.
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Maturette: I'll do what you ask, on one condition: You keep your money and you take me with you.
Papillon: No.
Maturette: I'm the only one who can get you out of here.
Papillon: You're...
Maturette: I know. I'm a queer, a fairy, a poof, huh? But there's one thing you forgot. You may have been framed, as you say you were... but I wasn't. Between the two of us... I'm the one who's killed a man, not you.
Papillon: Okay.
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Maturette: We all have sensitive spots.
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Toussaint: How did you know I have dry leprosy, that it isn't contagious?
Papillon: I didn't.
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Woman: [to Papillon as he is marched aboard ship bound for penal colony] Papillon! Papi! You'll be back, Papillon. Don't worry, you'll be back.
Julot: No, you won't.
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Toussaint: If you're going to catch leprosy, it's better to catch it from money than from people.
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Toussaint: We do a lot of smuggling here. We raid the mainland. We steal boats. When an outsider comes in we generally kill him, as a security measure.
Papillon: That makes sense.
Toussaint: Well... a man of Christian understanding.
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Warden Barrot: [last lines - voice over] Papillon made it to freedom. And for the remaining years of his life, he lived a free man. This, the infamous penal system in French Guiana, did not survive him.
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Dega: Do you realize that the first man who carved a wheel out of stone used it as an ornament?
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Sergeant: Darkness does wonders for a bad memory.
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Papillon: If your wife was here and you were in Paris with all of that money how much would you pay to get her back?
Dega: Everything I have.
Papillon: And how much would she pay to get you back?
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Dega: [as Papillon is going to jump from the cliff to escape] You'll be killed. You know that?
Papillon: Maybe.
Dega: Please don't do it.
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Papillon: Funny, you and me ending up here. We're the only ones left. Do you ever wonder about it?
Dega: No.
Papillon: I do.
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Dega: Did you hear about my wife? She married my attorney. Or, else, he married her. Although, actually, it doesn't really matter. I mean, it all works out to the same thing. Don't you think?
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Papillon: If I could find a way to get off this island, would you like to come with me?
Dega: Oh, yes. Of course.
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Dega: I got no money. They took it all.
Papillon: Forget about that. You can't buy your way out of here.
Dega: Then how?
Papillon: I don't know yet.
Dega: Then - then we don't have to discuss it. Tell me, do you like tomatoes? I have some extra seeds. You might like to start your own garden.
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Papillon: It was the wrong wave. They come in a series of seven. The seventh wave is big enough to take us both out beyond the point of return.
Papillon Quotes
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Francis 2021-11-14 08:01:23
It is also a prison break. This seems to be a niche one, but it has a higher evaluation than Shawshank. 1: Be healthy and be diligent in exercising so that you can live when you are wronged. 2: Cherish your freedom. 3. To pass the game, always meet the wicked, then the good, then the wicked, and then the good. 4. Why did the indigenous people disappear overnight? Isn't this the ultimate pursuit? June 2nd, 2021
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Marques 2022-03-21 09:01:41
A particularly stupid rhythm design, ending with a slap in the face
