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
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
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
Fiorella Campanella
as Céleste
Talina Boyaci
as Hortense
Anne Alvaro
as Betty
Françoise Lebrun
as Madame Bauby
Zinedine Soualem
as Joubert
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
as Diane
Agathe de La Fontaine
as Inès
Marie Meyer
as Mannequin
Ilze Bajare
as Mannequin
Anna Chyzh
as Mannequin
Lenny Kravitz
as Himself
Michael Wincott
as Fashion Photographer
Crew
Olivier Bériot
Costume Design
Julian Schnabel
Director
Francis Wargnier
Sound Designer
Jim Lemley
Executive Producer
Ronald Harwood
Screenplay
Janusz Kamiński
Director of Photography
Jean-Paul Mugel
Sound Engineer
Pierre Grunstein
Executive Producer
Jon Kilik
Producer
Juliette Welfling
Editor
Dominique Gaborieau
Sound Designer
Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
Gérard Moulévrier
Casting
Laurent Ott
Production Designer
Julian Schnabel
Music Supervisor
Stéphane Gluck
First Assistant Director
Jörg Widmer
Steadicam Operator
Vincent Lefeuvre
Production Manager
Alexia Crisp-Jones
On Set Dresser
Julian Schnabel
Title Designer