The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Drama
- History
5/23/2007
112
PG-13
Let your imagination set you free.
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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- Revenue:
- $19,777,647
- Budget:
- $14,000,020