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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
"Let your imagination set you free."
User Score1,249 votes
76%7.6/10
Release2007→
Runtime1H 52M
LanguageFrench
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
Mathieu Amalric
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Emmanuelle Seigner
Céline Desmoulins
Marie-Josée Croze
Henriette Durand
Anne Consigny
Claude
Patrick Chesnais
Dr. Lepage
Niels Arestrup
Roussin
Olatz López Garmendia
Marie Lopez
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Father Lucien
Media11
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Director
Julian Schnabel
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Budget$14M
Revenue$20M
Certification
PG-13Keywords
dying and deathbased on novel or bookwritingfemale lovereditor-in-chiefpsychological stresspatientdisabledmedical dramapsychological drama
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Countries:FranceUnited States of America
Production:Pathé Renn ProductionsFrance 3 CinémaThe Kennedy/Marshall Company