Movie·2007·1h 52m
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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Directed By
Julian Schnabel
Country
France
Language
French
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The Story
Original title: Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
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.
Written By
Ronald Harwood
Producer
Jim Lemley, Pierre Grunstein
Cinematography
Janusz Kamiński
Music
Paul Cantelon
Editor
Juliette Welfling
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Mathieu Amalric
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Emmanuelle Seigner
Céline Desmoulins
Marie-Josée Croze
Henriette Durand
Anne Consigny
Claude
Patrick Chesnais
Dr. Lepage
Niels Arestrup
Roussin
Olatz López Garmendia
Marie Lopez
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Father Lucien
Marina Hands
Joséphine
Max von Sydow
Papinou
Isaach de Bankolé
Laurent
Emma de Caunes
Empress Eugenia
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Doctor Mercier
Gérard Watkins
Doctor Cocheton
Nicolas Le Riche
Ninjinski
Théo Sampaio
Théophile
Fiorella Campanella
Céleste
Talina Boyaci
Hortense
// crew
Crew
Julian Schnabel
Director
Jim Lemley
Executive Producer
Ronald Harwood
Screenplay
Janusz Kamiński
Director of Photography
Paul Cantelon
Original Music Composer
Pierre Grunstein
Executive Producer
Jon Kilik
Producer
Juliette Welfling
Editor
Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
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