The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

“Let your imagination set you free.”

2007 PG-13 1h 52m 7.6 (1,337) Released
Director Julian Schnabel
Screenplay / Story Ronald Harwood
Music Composer Paul Cantelon
Cinematography Janusz Kamiński

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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Production Budget $14,000,020
Worldwide Box Office $19,777,647
Original Language FR
Production Country France
Content Rating PG-13
Release Status Released

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Top 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

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

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