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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

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PG-13 1 hr 52 minNov 30th, 2007Drama, History
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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.
StarringMathieu AmalricEmmanuelle SeignerMarie-Josée Croze
DirectorJulian Schnabel

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 30th, 2007
On DVD & Blu-ray:April 29th, 2008 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$14,000,020
Movie Box Office Gross:$19,777,647 (Worldwide)
Original Language:French
Executive Producers:Jim Lemley, Pierre Grunstein
Production Companies:Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
based on novel or bookdying and deathpsychological dramawritingdisabledmedical dramapsychological stresspatientfemale lovereditor-in-chief