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76% Critic Match
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
“Let your imagination set you free.”
7.6 / 10• 2007• 1h 52m•PG-13• French
DramaHistory
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Mathieu Amalric
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Lead
Emmanuelle Seigner
Céline Desmoulins
Marie-Josée Croze
Henriette Durand
Anne Consigny
Claude
Patrick Chesnais
Dr. Lepage
Niels Arestrup
Roussin
OL
Olatz López Garmendia
Marie Lopez
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Father Lucien
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Julian Schnabel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
