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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
“Let your imagination set you free.”
★ 7.6· 2007· 112 min· Popularity 2PG-13
DramaHistory
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.
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Release Date: 5/23/2007
Runtime: 112 minutes
Languages: French
Director: Julian Schnabel
Budget: $14.0M
Revenue: $19.8M
Production
Companies: Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Countries: France, United States of America
Where to watch · US
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Keywords
dying and deathbased on novel or bookwritingfemale lovereditor-in-chiefpsychological stressbased on true storypatientdisabledmedical dramapsychological drama
