The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007-05-23
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1h 52m
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PG-13
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Drama
History
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1279 votes
"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.
Julian Schnabel
Director
Ronald Harwood
Writer
