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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

20071h 52min
7.6

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.

GenreDrama, History
Production CompaniesPathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Production CcountriesFrance, United States of America

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