The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Released

May 23, 2007

Runtime: 1h 52m

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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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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Cast & Crew

  • 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

  • OG

    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

  • NR

    Nicolas Le Riche

    Ninjinski

  • TS

    Théo Sampaio

    Théophile

  • Fiorella Campanella

    Fiorella Campanella

    Céleste

  • Talina Boyaci

    Talina Boyaci

    Hortense

  • Julian Schnabel

    Julian Schnabel

    Director

  • Ronald Harwood

    Ronald Harwood

    Screenplay

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