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.

Country:

France,

United States of America

Genre:

Drama,

History

Duration:

112 minutes

Year:

2007

Director:

Julian Schnabel

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Company:

Pathé Renn Productions,

France 3 Cinéma,

The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Budget:

$14,000,020

Revenue:

$19,777,647

Cast:
Mathieu Amalric

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Emmanuelle Seigner

Céline Desmoulins

Marie-Josée Croze

Henriette Durand

Anne Consigny

Claude

Patrick Chesnais

Dr. Lepage

Crew:
Jon Kilik

Producer

Julian Schnabel

Director

Janusz Kamiński

Director of Photography

Francis Wargnier

Sound Designer

Paul Cantelon

Original Music Composer