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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

May 23, 2007 · 1h 52m

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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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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
  • Isaach de Bankolé Isaach de Bankolé Laurent
  • Emma de Caunes Emma de Caunes Empress Eugenia
  • Jean-Philippe Écoffey Jean-Philippe Écoffey Doctor Mercier
  • Gérard Watkins Gérard Watkins Doctor Cocheton
  • Nicolas Le Riche Ninjinski
  • Théo Sampaio Théophile

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