
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” directed by Julian Schnabel, is a poignant biographical drama that tells the story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a French magazine editor who suffers a massive stroke, leaving him with locked-in syndrome. Despite his physical limitations, Bauby finds a way to communicate and share his vivid imagination and memories, ultimately authoring a memoir through the blink of his eye.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Julian Schnabel
Actors: Anne Consigny, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marie-Josée Croze, Marina Hands, Mathieu Amalric, Max von Sydow, Niels Arestrup, Olatz López Garmendia, Patrick Chesnais
Country: France, United States of America
Company: France 3 Cinéma, Pathé, Renn Productions
Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars, 68 wins & 106 nominations total
Worldwide Gross: $19,780,116
Duration:
1h 52minRelease: 2007
Release Date: 2007-05-23
IMDb: 8
TMDB: 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 92
FilmAffinity: 7.4