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

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Let your imagination set you free.

May 23, 2007112 min7.6FR
DramaHistory

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

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Emmanuelle Seigner
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Marie-Josée Croze
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Anne Consigny
Anne ConsignyClaude
Patrick Chesnais
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Niels Arestrup
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Olatz López Garmendia
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Jean-Pierre Cassel
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Marina Hands
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Max von Sydow
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