
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007 • Drama | History
Julian Schnabel
Director
Status
Released
Release date
May 23, 2007
Duration
112 Min
Language
fr
Popularity
1.2683
Budget
$14,000,020
Revenue
$19,777,647
Overview
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.
Cast

Mathieu Amalric

Emmanuelle Seigner

Marie-Josée Croze

Anne Consigny

Patrick Chesnais

Niels Arestrup

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Marina Hands

Max von Sydow

Isaach de Bankolé

Emma de Caunes

Jean-Philippe Écoffey

Gérard Watkins

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

Michael Wincott