The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
"Let your imagination set you free."
Overview
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.
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Details
| Status: | Released |
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| Release Date: | 2007-05-23 |
| Budget: | $14,000,020 |
| Revenue: | $19,777,647 |
| Production: | Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company |
