MOVIE · 2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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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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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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Story
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.
CAST
Featured cast
Mathieu AmalricJean-Dominique Bauby
Emmanuelle SeignerCéline Desmoulins
Marie-Josée CrozeHenriette Durand
Anne ConsignyClaude
Patrick ChesnaisDr. Lepage
Niels ArestrupRoussin
Jean-Pierre CasselFather LucienMORE TO EXPLORE
