The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

112 mins | Drama, History | May 23, 2007

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

112 mins | Drama, History | May 23, 2007

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 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.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Canal+, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Pathé Renn Productions, Banques Populaire Image 7, CinéCinéma, Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pictanovo
Original title Le scaphandre et le papillon
Directors Julian Schnabel
Writers Jean-Dominique Bauby, Ronald Harwood

Cast

Mathieu Amalric

as Jean-Dominique Bauby

Emmanuelle Seigner

as Céline Desmoulins

Marie-Josée Croze

as Henriette Durand

Anne Consigny

as Claude

Patrick Chesnais

as Dr. Lepage

Niels Arestrup

as Roussin

Olatz López Garmendia

as Marie Lopez

Jean-Pierre Cassel

as Father Lucien

Marina Hands

as Joséphine

Max von Sydow

as Papinou

Isaach De Bankolé

as Laurent

Emma de Caunes

as Empress Eugenia

Jean-Philippe Écoffey

as Doctor Mercier

Gérard Watkins

as Doctor Cocheton

Nicolas Le Riche

as Ninjinski

Théo Sampaio

as Théophile

Fiorella Campanella

as Céleste

Talina Boyaci

as Hortense

Anne Alvaro

as Betty

Françoise Lebrun

as Madame Bauby

Zinedine Soualem

as Joubert

Marie Meyer

as Mannequin

Ilze Bajare

as Mannequin

Anna Chyzh

as Mannequin

Lenny Kravitz

as Himself