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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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7.62007 · 1h 52m · PG-13
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Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.

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Status
Released
Release date
May 23, 2007
Runtime
1h 52m
Budget
$14,000,020
Revenue
$19,777,647
Original language
FR
Original title
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon

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