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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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Director
Julian Schnabel
Language
French
Released
2007-05-23
Runtime
1h 52m

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The story

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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Cast

  • Mathieu Amalric
    Mathieu AmalricJean-Dominique Bauby
  • Emmanuelle Seigner
    Emmanuelle SeignerCéline Desmoulins
  • Marie-Josée Croze
    Marie-Josée CrozeHenriette Durand
  • Anne Consigny
    Anne ConsignyClaude
  • Patrick Chesnais
    Patrick ChesnaisDr. Lepage
  • Niels Arestrup
    Niels ArestrupRoussin
  • Olatz López Garmendia — artwork unavailable
    Olatz López GarmendiaMarie Lopez
  • Jean-Pierre Cassel
    Jean-Pierre CasselFather Lucien
  • Marina Hands
    Marina HandsJoséphine
  • Max von Sydow
    Max von SydowPapinou