The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
First aired on May 23, 2007
Runtime: 112 mins
80%
Genres: Drama, History
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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Mathieu Amalric | Jean-Dominique Bauby
Emmanuelle Seigner | Céline Desmoulins
Marie-Josée Croze | Henriette Durand
Anne Consigny | Claude
Patrick Chesnais | Dr. Lepage
Niels Arestrup | Roussin
Featured Crew
Jon Kilik | Producer
Julian Schnabel | Director
Janusz Kamiński | Director of Photography
Francis Wargnier | Sound Designer
Paul Cantelon | Original Music Composer
Juliette Welfling | Editor
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