The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
1h 52m|PG-13|Drama, Biography|2007
Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), 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 SchnabelCast:
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz Lopez Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max Von Sydow, Isaach de Bankolé
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GENREDrama, Biography
DETAILSRuntime: 1h 52m
Rating: PG-13