The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Let your imagination set you free.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Mathieu Amalric
as Jean-Dominique Bauby
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Emmanuelle Seigner
as Céline Desmoulins
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Marie-Josée Croze
as Henriette Durand
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Anne Consigny
as Claude
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Patrick Chesnais
as Dr. Lepage
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Niels Arestrup
as Roussin
- Olatz López Garmendia as Marie Lopez
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Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Father Lucien
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Marina Hands
as Joséphine
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Max von Sydow
as Papinou
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Isaach de Bankolé
as Laurent
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Emma de Caunes
as Empress Eugenia
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Jean-Philippe Écoffey
as Doctor Mercier
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Gérard Watkins
as Doctor Cocheton
- Nicolas Le Riche as Ninjinski
- Théo Sampaio as Théophile
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Fiorella Campanella
as Céleste
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Talina Boyaci
as Hortense
Crew
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Julian Schnabel
Director
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Janusz Kamiński
Director of Photography
- Juliette Welfling Editor
- Paul Cantelon Original Music Composer
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Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
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Jon Kilik
Producer
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Ronald Harwood
Screenplay
