The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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 SchnabelDirector
• Paul CantelonOriginal Music Composer
• Ronald HarwoodScreenplay

• 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