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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

Let your imagination set you free.

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: 2007-05-23
Runtime: 112 min
Rating: 7.576 / 10
Cast
Mathieu Amalric
Mathieu Amalric
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner
Céline Desmoulins
Marie-Josée Croze
Marie-Josée Croze
Henriette Durand
Anne Consigny
Anne Consigny
Claude
Patrick Chesnais
Patrick Chesnais
Dr. Lepage
Niels Arestrup
Niels Arestrup
Roussin
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Olatz López Garmendia
Marie Lopez
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Father Lucien
Marina Hands
Marina Hands
Joséphine
Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow
Papinou
Isaach de Bankolé
Isaach de Bankolé
Laurent
Emma de Caunes
Emma de Caunes
Empress Eugenia
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Doctor Mercier
Gérard Watkins
Gérard Watkins
Doctor Cocheton
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Nicolas Le Riche
Ninjinski
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Théo Sampaio
Théophile
Fiorella Campanella
Fiorella Campanella
Céleste
Talina Boyaci
Talina Boyaci
Hortense