LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON
At 43, Jean-Dominique Bauby, the rakishly successful and charismatic editor in chief of French Elle was a man defined by his passion for life. On December 1995, he suffered a massive stroke and his brain stem was rendered inactive. In these few bewildering moments, his life was forever changed. After lapsing into a coma, he awoke 20 days later to find himself the victim of a rare locked-in syndrome – mentally alert but permanently deprived of movement and speech.
Refusing to accept his fate, Bauby determined to escape the paralysis of his diving bell and free the butterflies of his dreams and imagination. The only way he could express his frustration, however, was by moving his left eye. These movements and blinking a code representing letters of the alphabet became his sole means of com
Year of production: 2007
Country: France
Duration: 112 minutes
Credits
- Julian SCHNABEL Director
- Ronald HARWOOD Screenplay
- Janusz KAMINSKI Cinematography
- Laurent OTT Production Design
- Paul CANTENON Music
- Juliette WELFLING Editing
- Jean-Paul MUGEL Sound
Casting
- Patrick CHESNAIS Docteur Lepage
- Olatz LOPEZ GARMENDIA Marie Lopez
- Marie-Josée CROZE Henriette Roi
- Niels ARESTRUP Roussin
- Emmanuelle SEIGNER Celine Desmoulins
- Anne CONSIGNY Claude
- Mathieu AMALRIC Jean-Do
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Contacts
Secondary Production
- FRANCE 3 CINEMA France
Secondary Production
- CRRAV France