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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Movie2007 7.6

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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7.6/10

1h 52mPathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company

DramaHistory

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Mathieu Amalric

Mathieu Amalric

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Emmanuelle Seigner

Emmanuelle Seigner

Céline Desmoulins

Marie-Josée Croze

Marie-Josée Croze

Henriette Durand

Anne Consigny

Patrick Chesnais

Patrick Chesnais

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Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

Roussin

Olatz López Garmendia

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Marina Hands

Max von Sydow

Isaach de Bankolé

Isaach de Bankolé

Emma de Caunes

Empress Eugenia

Jean-Philippe Écoffey

Jean-Philippe Écoffey

Gérard Watkins

Gérard Watkins

Doctor Cocheton

Nicolas Le Riche

Fiorella Campanella

Fiorella Campanella

Talina Boyaci

Anne Alvaro

Françoise Lebrun

Françoise Lebrun

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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.

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Released: 23 May 2007
Certificate: 12
Status: Released
Director: Julian Schnabel
Writers: Ronald Harwood, Jean-Dominique Bauby
Original title: Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
Genres: Drama, History
Original language: French
Country: France, United States of America
Production: Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Runtime: 1h 52m
Budget: $14M
Box office: $19.8M