The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
23 May 2007·1h 52min·BBFC 12
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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.
Director:Julian SchnabelCast:Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny,
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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Original Title
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
Status
Released
Release Date
23/05/2007
Original Language
French
Production Country
France, United States
Budget
$14,000,020.00
Revenue
$19,777,647.00
