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Release Date: Dec 25, 2007
Running Time: 114 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue French, subtitled English
Country Of Origin: France
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" is the remarkable true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a successful and charismatic editor-in-chief of FrenchElle, who believes he is living his life to its absolute fullest when a sudden stroke leaves him in a life-altered state. While the physical challenges of Bauby's fate leave him with little hope for the future, he begins to discover how his life's passions, his rich memories and his newfound imagination can help him achieve a life without boundaries.
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Jean-Dominique Bauby
Celine Desmoulin
Claude
Empress Eugenie
Papinou
Henriette Roi
Dr Lepage
Roussin
Marie Lopez
Father Lucien and Shopkeeper
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reviews
Julian Schnabel's perceptive direction and Mathieu Amalric's inspired performance make this involving adaptation of the autobiography by magazine editor Jean-Dominique Baubywho was left paralyzed at age 43 by a strokeso much more than France's answer to My Left Foot. Story Imagine only being able to communicate through blinking. Now imagine trying to dictate your memoirs in this grueling and time-consuming fashion. That's how Jean-Dominique Bauby had to put his life and thoughts down on paper.… 
PETER TRAVERS -
December 13, 2007
Here's a remarkable true story that comes to the screen with an exhilarating disregard for conventional rules. With maverick painter Julian Schnabel at the directing helm, you expect nothing less. The very first scene thrusts us into the head of a man emerging from a coma. His name is Jean-Dominique Bauby. He's the editor of French Elle. And a stroke has left him paralyzed, trapped in the diving bell of his own body, with only his left eye — which blinks like a butterfly — capable of movement.…
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