The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Name: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2007-05-23
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais

2007 · Movie · 1h 52m · PG-13

Drama History

85Balasaur Score
out of 100

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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.