Mathieu Amalric
Jean-Dominique Bauby
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (French: Le Scaphandre et le Papillon) is a French-American 2007 biographical drama film directed by Julian Schnabel and written by Ronald Harwood. Based on Jean-Dominique Bauby 's 1997 memoir of the same name , the film depicts Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke that left him with a condition known ...
- $19.8 million
- Paul Cantelon
- $12.8 million
Feb 1, 2008 · A biographical drama based on the memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a former Elle editor who suffered a stroke and lived with locked-in syndrome. The movie shows his struggle to communicate, write a book, and cope with his condition with the help of his family and therapists.
- (110K)
- Biography, Drama
- Julian Schnabel
- 2008-02-01
A biopic of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a magazine editor who becomes paralyzed by a stroke and writes his memoir with his eye. Critics praise the film's visuals, performances and emotional power, while audiences rate it highly as well.
- (177)
- Julian Schnabel
- PG-13
- Mathieu Amalric
A film based on the memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a magazine editor who suffered a stroke and became paralyzed except for his left eye. He learned to communicate by blinking his eye and wrote a book about his experience.
In this multi-award-winning French film, a journalist paralyzed by a devastating stroke that results in locked-in syndrome finds an unexpected way to communicate. Based on a powerful true tale of human resilience. 947 IMDb 8.0 1 h 52 min 2008. X-Ray PG-13.
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Dec 20, 2007 · A film about a man who dictated his memoirs with only one eye, based on a real editor who had a stroke and became a hero of communication. Ebert praises the film's cinematography, performances and message of human resilience and lust.
Nov 30, 2007 · The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is the remarkable true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a successful and charismatic editor-in-chief of French Elle, who believes he is living his life to its absolute fullest when a sudden stroke leaves him in a life-altered state.
