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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007)
Status: Released
Date: 2007-05-23
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1246 Votes
Time: 1h 52m
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.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France,
United States of America
Budget: $14,000,020.00
Revenue: $19,777,647.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Top 10 Billed Cast
Mathieu Amalric
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Emmanuelle Seigner
Céline Desmoulins
Marie-Josée Croze
Henriette Durand
Anne Consigny
Claude
Patrick Chesnais
Dr. Lepage
Niels Arestrup
Roussin
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Father Lucien
Marina Hands
Joséphine
Max von Sydow
Papinou
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