The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) — Movie
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.
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Directed by Julian Schnabel
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz López Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Released 2007-05-23. Runtime 112 minutes. Rated PG-13 in the US.
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IMDb: tt0401383. Rating 8/10 on IMDb.
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