The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

Le Scaphandre et le Papillon

Let your imagination set you free.

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.

Date of release
2007-05-23
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (1327)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Julian Schnabel

Casting

  • 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
  • Marina Hands — Joséphine
  • Max von Sydow — Papinou
  • Isaach de Bankolé — Laurent
  • Emma de Caunes — Empress Eugenia

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