Drama ·History · France · 2007 · 1h 52m

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Le Scaphandre et le Papillon

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly poster
Director
Julian Schnabel
Cast
Mathieu Amalric as Jean-Dominique Bauby Emmanuelle Seigner as Céline Desmoulins Marie-Josée Croze as Henriette Durand Anne Consigny as Claude Patrick Chesnais as Dr. Lepage Niels Arestrup as Roussin
Crew
Janusz Kamiński — Director of Photography Juliette Welfling — Editor Paul Cantelon — Original Music Composer Ronald Harwood — Screenplay Jon Kilik — Producer Kathleen Kennedy — Producer
Tagline

Let your imagination set you free.

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.

Trailer The Diving Bell and the Butterfly — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
dying and deathbased on novel or bookwritingfemale lovereditor-in-chiefpsychological stresspatientdisabledmedical dramapsychological drama
Key Collaborators
Julian Schnabel Director Janusz Kamiński Director of Photography Juliette Welfling Editor Paul Cantelon Original Music Composer Ronald Harwood Screenplay Jon Kilik Producer Kathleen Kennedy Producer Olivier Bériot Costume Design
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