Film

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2007 · 1h 52m · Drama · History

Let your imagination set you free.

IMDb

8.0

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

Metacritic

92

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.

Mathieu Amalric

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Emmanuelle Seigner

Céline Desmoulins

Marie-Josée Croze

Henriette Durand

Anne Consigny

Claude

Patrick Chesnais

Dr. Lepage

Niels Arestrup

Roussin

Olatz López Garmendia

Marie Lopez

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Father Lucien

Marina Hands

Joséphine

Max von Sydow

Papinou

Isaach de Bankolé

Laurent

Emma de Caunes

Empress Eugenia

Jean-Philippe Écoffey

Doctor Mercier

Gérard Watkins

Doctor Cocheton

Nicolas Le Riche

Ninjinski

Théo Sampaio

Théophile

• Julian SchnabelDirector
• Ronald HarwoodScreenplay
• Jon KilikProducer
• Kathleen KennedyProducer
• Pierre GrunsteinExecutive Producer
• Jim LemleyExecutive Producer
• Janusz KamińskiDirector of Photography
• Paul CantelonOriginal Music Composer
• Juliette WelflingEditor
• Gérard MoulévrierCasting

Official TrailerOfficial UK Trailer

Release date

May 23, 2007

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$14,000,020

Revenue

$19,777,647

Genres

Drama, History

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