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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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Original title
Le scaphandre et le papillon (Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
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112 min.
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France France
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Drama | Disability. Based on a true story. Biography
Synopsis
At 43, Jean-Dominique Bauby, the rakishly successful and charismatic editor in chief of French Elle was a man defined by his passion for life. On December 1995, he suffered a massive stroke and his brain stem was rendered inactive. In these few bewildering moments, his life was forever changed. After lapsing into a coma, he awoke 20 days later to find himself the victim of a rare locked-in syndrome - mentally alert but permanently deprived of movement and speech. Refusing to accept his fate, Bauby determined to escape the paralysis of his diving bell and free the butterflies of his dreams and imagination. The only way he could express his frustration, however, was by moving his left eye. These movements and blinking a code representing letters of the alphabet became his sole means of communication. Slowly -painstakingly- words, sentences, paragraphs and finally an affecting and life-affirming memoir emerged.
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2007: 4 Nominations for Oscar: Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing
2007: 2 Golden Globes: Best Foreign Language Film, Director. 3 Nominations
2007: BAFTA Awards: Best Adap. Screenplay. Nominated for Best Foreign Languaje Film
2007: Cannes Film Festival: Best Director, Technical Grand Prize. 3 Nominations
2007: 2 Awards Cesar: Actor (Mathieu Amalric), Editing. 7 Nominations
2007: National Board of Review: Best Foreign Language Picture
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
Julian Schnabel
7.4
(19,549)
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