Overview
Plot
At 43, Elle editor-in-chief Jean-Dominique Bauby suffers a devastating stroke that leaves him with locked-in syndrome. Almost completely paralyzed, he can communicate only by blinking one eye, and uses that to dictate his memoir.
- Directors
- Julian Schnabel
- Cast
- Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz López Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max von Sydow, Isaach de Bankolé, Emma de Caunes, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Gérard Watkins, Nicolas Le Riche, Théo Sampaio, Fiorella Campanella, Talina Boyaci, Anne Alvaro, Françoise Lebrun
- Country
- France, United States of America
- Genre
- Drama, History
- Release date
- 2007-05-23
- Studios
- Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Plot
Warning: spoilers
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Plot and Cast
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of the French fashion magazine Elle, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, leaving him almost completely paralyzed and able to communicate only by blinking an eye. Despite this, Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir through that single means of expression.
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