The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
Movie Information
Overview
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.
Release Date
May 23, 2007
Director
Julian Schnabel
Runtime
1h 52m
Cast
Mathieu AmalricEmmanuelle SeignerMarie-Josée CrozeAnne ConsignyPatrick ChesnaisNiels ArestrupOlatz López GarmendiaJean-Pierre CasselMarina HandsMax von Sydow
Production
Pathé Renn ProductionsFrance 3 CinémaThe Kennedy/Marshall Company
Genres
DramaHistory