The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Le Scaphandre et le Papillon

Let your imagination set you free.

Overview

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.

Budget

$14,000,020

Revenue

$19,777,647

Production

Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company