The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Name: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Director: Julian Schnabel
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2007
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais

"Let your imagination set you free."

PG-13

7.6/10

2007

1h 52m

Drama

History

Overview

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.