The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
"Let your imagination set you free."
7.6 (1252 votes)
1h 52m
May 23, 2007
French
Synopsis
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.
Director
Julian Schnabel
Writers
Ronald Harwood
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Original Title
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
Status
Released
Budget
$14,000,020
Revenue
$19,777,647
Production
Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
