The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

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.

Released

2007-05-23

Genres

Drama, History

Runtime

112 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Julian Schnabel, Ronald Harwood

TMDB rating

7.6/10 from 1332 votes