
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Drama
History
Lenguage:112 min
Duration:fr
Release date:May 23, 2007
Calificacion:7.6
Description:
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.
Cast

Mathieu AmalricJean-Dominique Bauby

Emmanuelle SeignerCéline Desmoulins

Marie-Josée CrozeHenriette Durand

Anne ConsignyClaude

Patrick ChesnaisDr. Lepage

Niels ArestrupRoussin

Jean-Pierre CasselFather Lucien

Marina HandsJoséphine

Max von SydowPapinou

Isaach de BankoléLaurent