The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
- Original title
- Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
- Directed by
- Julian Schnabel
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 1,291 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man wakes up after a stroke unable to move or speak, able only to blink one eye. The film shows his inner life as he communicates and remembers his past from within his paralyzed body.
intimatecontemplativepoignantquietly devastatingvisually inventivesubjectiveslowresilient
What happens
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (French: Le Scaphandre et le Papillon) is a 2007 biographical drama film directed by Julian Schnabel and written by Ronald Harwood. Based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's 1997 memoir, the film depicts Bauby's life after he suffered a massive stroke that left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome. Bauby is played by Mathieu Amalric. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly won awards at the Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs, and the César Awards, and received four Oscar nominations. Several critics later listed it as one of the best films of its decade. It ranks 77th in BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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