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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

7.6PG-13

MovieDrama, History20071h 52m

Let your imagination set you free.

Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.

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Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.

Directed by
Julian Schnabel
Written by
Ronald Harwood
Genres
Drama, History
Released
May 23, 2007
Runtime
1h 52m
Status
Released
Original title
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
Language
French
Countries
France, United States of America
Studios
Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Budget
$14,000,020
Box office
$19,777,647
  • Mathieu AmalricJean-Dominique Bauby
  • Emmanuelle SeignerCéline Desmoulins
  • Marie-Josée CrozeHenriette Durand
  • Anne ConsignyClaude
  • Patrick ChesnaisDr. Lepage
  • Niels ArestrupRoussin
  • OOlatz López GarmendiaMarie Lopez
  • Jean-Pierre CasselFather Lucien
  • Marina HandsJoséphine
  • Max von SydowPapinou
  • Isaach de BankoléLaurent
  • Emma de CaunesEmpress Eugenia
  • Jean-Philippe ÉcoffeyDoctor Mercier
  • Gérard WatkinsDoctor Cocheton
  • NNicolas Le RicheNinjinski
  • TThéo SampaioThéophile
  • Fiorella CampanellaCéleste
  • Talina BoyaciHortense
  • Anne AlvaroBetty
  • Françoise LebrunMadame Bauby

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