The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Drama • History

76%
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
PG-13
11/30/20071h 52m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ Let your imagination set you free. ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Julian Schnabel

Status:

Released

Language:

French

Buget:

$14,000,020.00

Revenue:

$19,777,647.00

Key words:

  • dying and death
  • based on novel or book
  • writing
  • female lover
  • editor-in-chief
  • psychological stress
  • patient
  • disabled
  • medical drama
  • psychological drama

Cast

Mathieu Amalric

Mathieu Amalric

~ as ~

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Emmanuelle Seigner

Emmanuelle Seigner

~ as ~

Céline Desmoulins

Marie-Josée Croze

Marie-Josée Croze

~ as ~

Henriette Durand

Anne Consigny

Anne Consigny

~ as ~

Claude

Patrick Chesnais

Patrick Chesnais

~ as ~

Dr. Lepage

Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

~ as ~

Roussin

Olatz López Garmendia

~ as ~

Marie Lopez

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

~ as ~

Father Lucien

Marina Hands

Marina Hands

~ as ~

Joséphine

Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow

~ as ~

Papinou

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