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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
★ 7.6/10•2007•1h 52m•PG-13•Drama•History

Let your imagination set you free.

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.

Julian Schnabel · Director

Ronald Harwood · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 52m
LanguageFR
Release DateMay 23, 2007
Budget$14,000,020
Revenue$19,777,647

Actors

Mathieu Amalric

Mathieu Amalric

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Emmanuelle Seigner

Emmanuelle Seigner

Céline Desmoulins

Marie-Josée Croze

Marie-Josée Croze

Henriette Durand

Anne Consigny

Anne Consigny

Claude

Patrick Chesnais

Patrick Chesnais

Dr. Lepage

Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

Roussin

Olatz López Garmendia

Marie Lopez

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Father Lucien

Marina Hands

Marina Hands

Joséphine

Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow

Papinou

Isaach de Bankolé

Isaach de Bankolé

Laurent

Emma de Caunes

Emma de Caunes

Empress Eugenia

Jean-Philippe Écoffey

Jean-Philippe Écoffey

Doctor Mercier

Gérard Watkins

Gérard Watkins

Doctor Cocheton

Nicolas Le Riche

Ninjinski

Théo Sampaio

Théophile

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