The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

  • PG-13
  • 11/30/2007 (US)
  • Drama, History
  • 1h 52m

Let your imagination set you free.

Overview

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

Julian Schnabel

Director

Ronald Harwood

Screenplay

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Novel

Cast

Mathieu Amalric's headshot

Mathieu Amalric

Jean-Dominique Bauby
Emmanuelle Seigner's headshot

Emmanuelle Seigner

Céline Desmoulins
Marie-Josée Croze's headshot

Marie-Josée Croze

Henriette Durand
Anne Consigny's headshot

Anne Consigny

Claude
Patrick Chesnais's headshot

Patrick Chesnais

Dr. Lepage
Niels Arestrup's headshot

Niels Arestrup

Roussin
Olatz López Garmendia's headshot

Olatz López Garmendia

Marie Lopez
Jean-Pierre Cassel's headshot

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Father Lucien

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