(Le Scaphandre et le Papillon)

Content: 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.

Countries:

France,

United States of America

Genres:

Drama,

History

Runtime:

112 minutes

Year:

2007

Directors:

Julian Schnabel

Production companies:

Pathé Renn Productions,

France 3 Cinéma,

The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Budget:

$14,000,020

Revenue:

$19,777,647

Actors:

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Céline Desmoulins

Henriette Durand

Claude

Dr. Lepage

Crews:

Producer

Director

Director of Photography

Sound Designer

Original Music Composer