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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
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Release Date:
23 May 2007 (Belgium)
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Tagline:
Let your imagination set you free
Plot:
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 41 wins
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33 nominations
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(118 articles)
A dance of death at the Venice film festival
(From The Guardian - Film News. 5 September 2010, 2:00 PM, PDT)
Film Review: Violent, Extreme Crime Saga of ‘Mesrine: Public Enemy #1’ With Vincent Cassel
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 2 September 2010, 8:48 PM, PDT)
Schnabel’s “Miral” doesn’t impress Venice critics
(From Hollywoodnews.com. 2 September 2010, 1:54 PM, PDT)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 5 September 2010, 2:00 PM, PDT)
Film Review: Violent, Extreme Crime Saga of ‘Mesrine: Public Enemy #1’ With Vincent Cassel
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 2 September 2010, 8:48 PM, PDT)
Schnabel’s “Miral” doesn’t impress Venice critics
(From Hollywoodnews.com. 2 September 2010, 1:54 PM, PDT)
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The films places you inside the author's head and keeps you there.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Mathieu Amalric | ... | Jean-Do | |
| Emmanuelle Seigner | ... | Céline | |
| Marie-Josée Croze | ... | Henriette Roi | |
| Anne Consigny | ... | Claude | |
| Patrick Chesnais | ... | Le Docteur Lepage | |
| Niels Arestrup | ... | Roussin | |
| Olatz López Garmendia | ... | Marie Lopez | |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | ... | Père Lucien et le Vendeur | |
| Marina Hands | ... | Joséphine | |
| Max von Sydow | ... | Papinou | |
| Gérard Watkins | ... | Le Docteur Cocheton | |
| Théo Sampaio | ... | Théophile | |
| Fiorella Campanella | ... | Céleste | |
| Talina Boyaci | ... | Hortense | |
| Isaach De Bankolé | ... | Laurent |
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"Le scaphandre et le papillon" - France (original title)
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Rated PG-13 for nudity, sexual content and some language.
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France:112 min | USA:112 min
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Certification:
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Ireland:12A | Canada:PG | Netherlands:6 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Sweden:7 | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-7 | South Korea:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43714) | Hong Kong:IIB | Greece:K-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | UK:12 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16
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The script was originally in English. Director Julian Schnabel convinced the studio (Pathé, a French studio founded in Paris) to change the language to French to stay true to Bauby's life and story.See more »
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Continuity: Jean-Dominique shaves his father's mustache, removing the shaving cream. In the next shot, his mustache is covered with shaving cream again. In the following shot, the shaving cream is gone again.See more »
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Features Making Friends (1936)See more »
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Chains of LoveSee more »
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What caused Bauby's stroke?Why did they sew Bauby's eyelid shut?
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Earlier this year, a good friend, avid reader and film buff informed me that one of her favorite books was the basis for a film which recently won awards at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. I knew nothing of the novel or the film so she offered me the book to read. I enjoyed the story but didn't completely appreciate its depth until I recently got a sneak peek at the film.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is about Jean-Dominique Bauby, (Mathieu Amalric) a popular editor of the French fashion magazine 'Elle.' At age 43 he is stricken with a stroke leaving him with lock-in syndrome, a medical condition that, except for his left eye, rendered him completely immobile. In fear of his right eye becoming "septic" doctors quickly stitched the eye shut.
This sealing of that eye is an early scene, which is so perfectly shot that it places you inside Bauby's head and body, and keeps you there for the entire film. You see the world as he views it while desiring to be free of the paralyzing feeling of a sinking diving bell. At other times, with his imagination, you find yourself fluttering as free as a butterfly.
Bauby wrote his story with the use of a unique sequence of letters specifically designed so he could blink his eye to communicate as he created every single word of his story.
This film is in no way depressing. The cinematography is brilliantly captured. Everyone was completely captivated by the screenplay as we experienced life deep inside Bauby's body, mind and soul. For the entire 2+ hours, you won't want to be anyplace else.