The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2008)
Ratings:
7.6 (TMDb)
Released:
2007-05-23
Runtime:
112 min
Genres:
Drama, History
Countries:
France, United States of America
Director:
Julian Schnabel
Actors:
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz López Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel
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.
