

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
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Plot Summary
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.
Full Cast & Characters

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
Director & Crew
Julian Schnabel
Director
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly was directed by Julian Schnabel and released in 2007.
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has a runtime of 1 hours and 52 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 2007-05-23
- Budget
- $14.0M
- Box Office
- $19.8M
- Status
- Released





