Directed by:
Julian SchnabelScreenplay:
Ronald HarwoodCinematography:
Janusz KaminskiComposer:
Paul CantelonCast:
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max von Sydow (more)Plots(1)
The remarkable true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a successful and charismatic editor-in-chief of French Elle, who is living life to its absolute fullest when a sudden stroke leaves him in a life-altered state. While the physical challenges of Bauby's fate leave him with little hope for the future - he begins to discover how his life's passions, rich memories and newfound imagination can help him achieve life without boundaries. (Icon Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Mathieu Amalric
France
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Emmanuelle Seigner
France
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Bitter Moon (1992)
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Marie-Josée Croze
Canada
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Munich (2005)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Anne Consigny
France
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Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
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Patrick Chesnais
France
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
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Niels Arestrup
France
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
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Jean-Pierre Cassel
France
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Marina Hands
France
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Max von Sydow
Sweden
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Gérard Watkins
UK
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Isaach De Bankolé
Ivory Coast
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Emma de Caunes
France
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Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Switzerland
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Zinedine Soualem
France
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Agathe de La Fontaine
France
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Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
France
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Michael Wincott
Canada
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Lenny Kravitz
USA
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Hiam Abbass
Israel
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Jean-Baptiste Mondino
France
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