The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

Genres:

Drama, History

Release:

May 23, 2007

Production:

Pathé Renn Productions , France 3 Cinéma , The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Casts:

Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz López Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max von Sydow, Isaach De Bankolé, Emma de Caunes, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Gérard Watkins, Nicolas Le Riche, Théo Sampaio, Fiorella Campanella, Talina Boyaci, Anne Alvaro, Françoise Lebrun, Zinedine Soualem, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Agathe de La Fontaine, Marie Meyer, Ilze Bajare, Anna Chyzh, Lenny Kravitz