The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
"Let your imagination set you free."
2007-05-23
7.575
fr 112mDramaHistory
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.
Costume Design
Olivier Bériot
Director
Julian Schnabel
Sound Designer
Francis Wargnier
Line Producer
François-Xavier Decraene
Executive Producer
Jim Lemley
Screenplay
Ronald Harwood
dying and death based on novel or book writing female lover editor-in-chief psychological stress patient disabled medical drama psychological drama
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$19,777,647Budget
$14,000,020Countries
- France
- United States of America
Companies
- Pathé Renn Productions
- France 3 Cinéma
- The Kennedy/Marshall Company
