Banco

Banco picks up the story of Henri Charriere, known as Papillon, after thirteen years of imprisonment and escape end with his freedom in Venezuela. He is determined to live honestly from now on. That resolve does not last long. He is soon caught up in dangerous schemes alongside goldminers, gamblers, bank-robbers and revolutionaries, robbing and being robbed, with his appetite for life undimmed. He also runs night clubs in Caracas, until an earthquake in 1967 ruins him. It is then that he decides to write the book that makes him internationally famous.