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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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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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Checked Sep 4, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Cast
Mathieu AmalricJean-Dominique Bauby
Emmanuelle SeignerCéline Desmoulins
Marie-Josée CrozeHenriette Durand
Anne ConsignyClaude
Patrick ChesnaisDr. Lepage
Niels ArestrupRoussin
Jean-Pierre CasselFather LucienCredits
- Directed by
- Julian Schnabel
- Written by
- Ronald Harwood
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
- Budget
- $14M
- Box office
- $19.8M
Production
Pathé Renn ProductionsFrance
France 3 CinémaFrance
The Kennedy/Marshall CompanyUnited States
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