The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

Cast for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly...

Mathieu Amalric
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Emmanuelle Seigner
Céline Desmoulins
Marie-Josée Croze
Henriette Durand
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Father Lucien
Marina Hands
Joséphine
Emma de Caunes
Empress Eugenia
Gérard Watkins
Doctor Cocheton
Théo Sampaio
Théophile
Françoise Lebrun
Madame Bauby
Marie Meyer
Mannequin
Ilze Bajare
Mannequin
Anna Chyzh
Mannequin
Michael Wincott
Fashion Photographer