The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2007 Julian Schnabel 1h 52m
Drama History

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.

Cast

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

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Double Feature Pairings

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