Mathieu Amalric
Jean-Dominique Bauby
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
“Let your imagination set you free.”
2007
1h 52m
Director: Julian Schnabel
Writer: Ronald Harwood
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.
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20 people
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