The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
Release: 2007-05-23
·Runtime: 112m
·★ 7.6
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
France
United States of America
Production Companies
Pathé Renn Productions
France 3 Cinéma
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Emmanuelle Seigner
as Céline Desmoulins
Patrick Chesnais
as Dr. Lepage
Niels Arestrup
as Roussin
Talina Boyaci
as Hortense
Gérard Watkins
as Doctor Cocheton
Fiorella Campanella
as Céleste
Marie Meyer
as Mannequin
Michael Wincott
as Fashion Photographer
Marina Hands
as Joséphine
Max von Sydow
as Papinou
Marie-Josée Croze
as Henriette Durand
Anne Consigny
as Claude
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Father Lucien
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
as Diane
Emma de Caunes
as Empress Eugenia
Anne Alvaro
as Betty
Françoise Lebrun
as Madame Bauby
Zinedine Soualem
as Joubert
Agathe de La Fontaine
as Inès
Ilze Bajare
as Mannequin
Anna Chyzh
as Mannequin
Lenny Kravitz
as Himself
Isaach de Bankolé
as Laurent
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
as Doctor Mercier
Mathieu Amalric
as Jean-Dominique Bauby
Crew
Ronald Harwood
Screenplay
Laurent Ott
Production Designer
Jim Lemley
Executive Producer
Stéphane Gluck
First Assistant Director
Vincent Lefeuvre
Production Manager
Olivier Bériot
Costume Design
Pierre Grunstein
Executive Producer
Jon Kilik
Producer
Janusz Kamiński
Director of Photography
Jean-Paul Mugel
Sound Engineer
Gérard Moulévrier
Casting
Alexia Crisp-Jones
On Set Dresser
Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
Julian Schnabel
Director, Music Supervisor, Title Designer
Juliette Welfling
Editor
Francis Wargnier
Sound Designer
Dominique Gaborieau
Sound Designer
Jörg Widmer
Steadicam Operator