MOVIE
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Let your imagination set you free.
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly in its release era
Released in 2007, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly sits inside the 2000s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 2007-05-23
- Rating
- PG-13
- TMDB score
- 7.6/10
- Original language
- FR
- Status
- Released
- Production
- France, United States of America
- Studio
- Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
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Topicsdying and deathbased on novel or bookwritingfemale lovereditor-in-chiefpsychological stressbased on true storypatient
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