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
Marina Hands
as Joséphine
Isaach de Bankolé
as Laurent
Emma de Caunes
as Empress Eugenia
Françoise Lebrun
as Madame Bauby
Ilze Bajare
as Mannequin
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Father Lucien
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
as Doctor Mercier
Gérard Watkins
as Doctor Cocheton
Fiorella Campanella
as Céleste
Patrick Chesnais
as Dr. Lepage
Anne Alvaro
as Betty
Zinedine Soualem
as Joubert
Agathe de La Fontaine
as Inès
Anna Chyzh
as Mannequin
Lenny Kravitz
as Himself
Michael Wincott
as Fashion Photographer
Emmanuelle Seigner
as Céline Desmoulins
Anne Consigny
as Claude
Max von Sydow
as Papinou
Talina Boyaci
as Hortense
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
as Diane
Marie Meyer
as Mannequin
Mathieu Amalric
as Jean-Dominique Bauby
Marie-Josée Croze
as Henriette Durand
Niels Arestrup
as Roussin
Crew
Alexia Crisp-Jones
On Set Dresser
Olivier Bériot
Costume Design
Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
Ronald Harwood
Screenplay
Jim Lemley
Executive Producer
Laurent Ott
Production Designer
Francis Wargnier
Sound Designer
Dominique Gaborieau
Sound Designer
Vincent Lefeuvre
Production Manager
Juliette Welfling
Editor
Jean-Paul Mugel
Sound Engineer
Julian Schnabel
Director, Music Supervisor, Title Designer
Jörg Widmer
Steadicam Operator
Jon Kilik
Producer
Pierre Grunstein
Executive Producer
Stéphane Gluck
First Assistant Director
Janusz Kamiński
Director of Photography
Gérard Moulévrier
Casting