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Based on the true story of French Elle editor Jean-Dominique
Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), the film follows the last few months
in Bauby's life as revealed in his memoir, dictated to a
skilled therapist through the movement of one eye.
Haunting, searing and beautiful, The Diving Bell and the
Butterfly traps you inside your worst nightmare, only to
bring you to your senses. Best Director at Cannes 2007,
Julian Schnabel (Before Night Falls) and screenwriter Ronald
Harwood (The Pianist), with gifted cinematographer Janusz
Kaminski (Schindler's List, Technical Grand Prize, Cannes
2007) and a very strong cast, succeed against all odds in
transferring Jean-Dominique Bauby's remarkable memoir to
the screen. They manage to film the story of a man afflicted
by locked-in syndrome without alienating the viewer or betraying
the author's painstaking fight for words. Remarkable.
"A claustrophobic and
imaginative treat"
Dave Calhoun - TIME OUT
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