The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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.

Release Date

May 23, 2007

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Julian Schnabel

Original Title

Le Scaphandre et le Papillon

Country

France, United States of America

Company

Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Budget

$14,000,020

Revenue

$19,777,647