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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Dir. Julian Schnabel
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
“Let your imagination set you free.”
Drama
History
Original title: Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
Director
Julian Schnabel
Screenplay
Ronald Harwood
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.
Release
May 23, 2007
Budget
$14M
Revenue
$20M
Country
France
Cast
Mathieu Amalric
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Emmanuelle Seigner
Céline Desmoulins
Marie-Josée Croze
Henriette Durand
Anne Consigny
Claude
Patrick Chesnais
Dr. Lepage
Niels Arestrup
Roussin
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Father Lucien
Marina Hands
Joséphine
Max von Sydow
Papinou
Isaach de Bankolé
Laurent
Emma de Caunes
Empress Eugenia
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Doctor Mercier
Gérard Watkins
Doctor Cocheton
Fiorella Campanella
Céleste
Talina Boyaci
Hortense
Anne Alvaro
Betty
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