The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

IMDb 7.6HDPG-132007

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.

Country: France, United States of America
Genres: Drama, History
Released: 2007-05-23
Directors: Julian Schnabel
Productions: Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Casts: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais