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📊 Film Specifications

Director Julian Schnabel

Writer Ronald Harwood (Screenplay), Jean-Dominique Bauby (Book)

Original Title Le Scaphandre et le Papillon

Release Date May 23, 2007

Runtime 112 min (1h 52m)

Country France, United States of America

Language FR

Budget $14,000,020

Box Office $19,777,647

Studios Pathé Renn Productions • France 3 Cinéma • The Kennedy/Marshall Company

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

Name: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2007-05-23
Rating: 3.8

Directed by Julian Schnabel

• Written by Ronald Harwood , Jean-Dominique Bauby

"Let your imagination set you free."

⭐ 3.8 / 5 (1,337 votes) ⏱️ 112 min 🎬 Drama, History

Ratings Breakdown:

1,337 ratings

0.5 Stars 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

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.