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Jean-Dominique Bauby is a 43-year-old playboy fashion magazine editor at the height of his wealth and happiness when he suffers a stroke that leaves him almost completely paralysed, able to communicate only through the blinking of one eye. Adapted from Bauby's own true-life memoirs by veteran screenwriter Ronald Harwood and directed by painter and Basquiat director Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is an unsentimental but deeply moving film that asks us to see Bauby's radically changed world through his eyes. Featuring a superb, César-winning performance from Mathieu Amalric as Bauby and fine supporting performances from Jean-Pierre Cassel and Max von Sydow. |
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
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| director |
| Julian Schanbel |
| starring |
| Mathieu Amalric |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel |
| Max von Sydow |
| Emmanuelle Seigner |
| Marie-Josée Croze |
| Anne Consigny |
| Patrick Chesnais |
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