The read
A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 92/100. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 99% of the 3,246 2000s drama movies in this catalog.
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic92/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
1,313 audience votes
Key crew
- Julian SchnabelDirector
- Paul CantelonOriginal Music Composer
- Ronald HarwoodScreenplay
Cast
- Mathieu AmalricJean-Dominique Bauby
- Emmanuelle SeignerCéline Desmoulins
- Marie-Josée CrozeHenriette Durand
- Anne ConsignyClaude
- Patrick ChesnaisDr. Lepage
- Niels ArestrupRoussin
- Olatz López GarmendiaMarie Lopez
- Jean-Pierre CasselFather Lucien
- Marina HandsJoséphine
- Max von SydowPapinou
- Isaach de BankoléLaurent
- Emma de CaunesEmpress Eugenia
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Themes
dying and deathbased on novel or bookwritingfemale lovereditor-in-chiefpsychological stressbased on true storypatientdisabledmedical dramapsychological drama
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