The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Kernel Score: 86% · 1,251 ratings
Genres: Drama, History
Released: 2007-05-23
Runtime: 112 minutes
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.
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Cast
- Mathieu Amalric as Jean-Dominique Bauby
- Emmanuelle Seigner as Céline Desmoulins
- Marie-Josée Croze as Henriette Durand
- Anne Consigny as Claude
- Patrick Chesnais as Dr. Lepage
- Niels Arestrup as Roussin
- Olatz López Garmendia as Marie Lopez
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Father Lucien
- Marina Hands as Joséphine
- Max von Sydow as Papinou