The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

05/23/2007 (FR) • 1h 52m

Drama, History

Let your imagination set you free.

Overview

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

Top Billed Cast

Mathieu Amalric

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Emmanuelle Seigner

Céline Desmoulins

Marie-Josée Croze

Henriette Durand

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Father Lucien

Marina Hands

Joséphine


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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

$14,000,020.00

Revenue

$19,777,647.00

Keywords

dying and death

based on novel or book

writing

female lover

editor-in-chief

psychological stress

patient

disabled

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