The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Add to WatchlistJean-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.
dying and death
based on novel or book
writing
female lover
editor-in-chief
psychological stress
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais
Language: FR
Studio: Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
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