The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007
7.57/10 by 1,262 users
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.
- Title: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Year: 2007
- Genre: Drama, History
- Country: France, United States of America
- Studio: Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
- Director: Julian Schnabel
- Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup
- Crew: Jon Kilik (Producer), Julian Schnabel (Director), Janusz Kamiński (Director of Photography), Francis Wargnier (Sound Designer), Paul Cantelon (Original Music Composer), Juliette Welfling (Editor)
- Keyword: dying and death, based on novel or book, writing, female lover, editor-in-chief, psychological stress, patient, disabled, medical drama, psychological drama
- Release: May 23, 2007
- Runtime: 112 minutes
- IMDb: 7.57 / 10 by 1,262 users
- Popularity: 2
- Budget: $14,000,020
- Revenue: $19,777,647
- Language: Français
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