The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

"Let your imagination set you free."

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that 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.

Overview

Release Date
May 23, 2007
Original Title
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
Runtime
112 minutes
Budget
$14,000,020
Revenue
$19,777,647
Language
fr
Production Companies
Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Production Countries
France, United States of America