The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

About The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) is a history film directed by Julian Schnabel. The film is filed under dying and death, psychological drama, writing, and disabled.

Mathieu Amalric stars as Jean-Dominique Bauby, Emmanuelle Seigner as Céline Desmoulins, Marie-Josée Croze as Henriette Durand, and Anne Consigny as Claude. At 112 minutes long, it arrived in May 2007.

The screenplay is by Ronald Harwood. It is adapted from a novel.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Downfall, and Girl, Interrupted make useful companions to The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, all filed under medical drama. TMDB voters put it at 7.6 out of 10 across 1,324 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.