Henri Charrière, a man whose life story blurs the lines between fact and legend, etched his name into history through a series of audacious prison escapes and his subsequent fight for freedom. Born in 1906 in southern France, Charrière’s life became the embodiment of adventure and resilience, immortalised in his autobiography Papillon. Even if only half of his exploits were true, Charrière’s tale still stands as one of the most daring in modern history. From his criminal root