papillon

     

Papillon, which is French for butterfly, may refer to:

Trivia about papillon

  • The name of this set of 12 Schumann piano pieces is French for butterflies
  • Steve McQueen knew it's French for "butterfly"
  • Real-life thief Henri Charriere was played by Steve McQueen in this film set on Devil's Island
  • 1973:Butterflies aren't free for Dustin Hoffman
  • This "butterfly" dog was often represented in the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens & his followers
  • This little dog seen here is named for the way its ears resemble a butterfly's wings
  • 1973: Unjustly sentenced to Devil's Island, Steve plots his way to freedom
  • Marie Antoinette loved this breed whose name is derived from the fact that its ears looked like a butterfly
  • Henri Charriere, nicknamed this (the title of his 1968 book), always denied his guilt for murder
  • Henri Charriere recounted his numerous escape attempts from French prisons in South America in this work