The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

– The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 52 Minutes
Release Year:
2007
Original Name:
Le scaphandre et le papillon
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) - Also known as Le scaphandre et le papillon

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Feb 2008

Language:

French

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Theatrical trailer: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Theatrical trailer: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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Plot:

Forty-three year old Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby - Jean-Do to his friends - awakens not knowing where he is. He is in a Berck-sur-Mer hospital, where he has been for the past several weeks in a coma after suffering a massive stroke. Although his cognitive facilities are in tact, he quickly learns that he has what is called locked-in syndrome which has resulted in him being almost completely paralyzed, including not being able to speak. One of his few functioning muscles is his left eye. His physical situation and hospitalization uncomfortably bring together the many people in his life, including: Céline Desmoulins, his ex-lover and mother of his children; Inès, his current lover; and his aged father who he calls Papinou. Among his compassionate recuperative team are his physical therapist Marie, and his speech therapist Henriette. Henriette eventually teaches him to communicate using a system where he spells out words: she reads out the letters of the alphabet in descending order of their use in the French language, and he blinks his functioning left eye when she reaches the appropriate letter. Although frustrating at start, he learns to communicate effectively but slowly using this method, so much so that with the help of Claude, a full time translator, he decides on the monumental and seemingly impossible task to keep to his pre-injury commitment of writing a book, changing its focus to life in his current state.

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 66 wins & 95 nominations.

Gross profit:

$5,875,116

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Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
Metacritic:
92%

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