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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

75.78% | May 23, 2007 | Drama, History

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.

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Julian Schnabel
Director
Kathleen Kennedy
Producer

Cast

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Mathieu Amalric
Jean-Dominique Bauby
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Emmanuelle Seigner
Céline Desmoulins
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Marie-Josée Croze
Henriette Durand
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Patrick Chesnais
Dr. Lepage

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