The Diving Bell and the Butterfly tells the story of Jean-Dominique Bauby - the editor of the fashion magazine 'Elle France,' who at the age of 43 suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using his eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
Directed by
Julian Schnabel
Written by
Ronald Harwood (screenplay); Jean-Dominique Bauby (novel).
Starring
Mathieu Amalric (Jean-Dominique Bauby); Emmanuelle Seigner (Céline Desmoulins); Marie-Josée Croze (Henriette Durand); Anne Consigny (Claude); Patrick Chesnais (Dr. Lepage); Niels Arestrup (Roussin); Olatz López Garmendia (Marie Lopez); Jean-Pierre Cassel (Père Lucien / Vendeur Lourdes); Marina Hands (Joséphine); Max von Sydow (Papinou); Isaach De Bankolé (Laurent); Emma de Caunes (L'impératrice Eugénie); Jean-Philippe Écoffey (Dr. Mercier); Gérard Watkins (Le docteur Cocheton); Nicolas Le Riche (Nijinski). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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