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.
Details
- Release date
- 2007-05-23
- Duration
- 01:52
- Categories
- Drama, History
- Studios
- Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
- Country
- France, United States of America
- Language
- French
- Status
- Released
- Original title
- Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
- Votes
- 1,261
- Budget
- $14,000,020
- Revenue
- $19,777,647
Top cast
Mathieu Amalric
Emmanuelle Seigner
Marie-Josée Croze
Anne Consigny
Patrick Chesnais
Niels Arestrup
Olatz López Garmendia
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Marina Hands
Max von Sydow
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