The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Name: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Director: Julian Schnabel
Released: 2007-05-23
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 7.575
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais

7.6

May 23, 2007

1h 52m

Drama History

"Let your imagination set you free."

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.