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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Genres

Drama , History

Duration

112 min

Director

Julian Schnabel

Rating

7.6

Release Date

May 22, 2007

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Original title: Le Scaphandre et le Papillon

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Synopsis The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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.