The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Imprisoned in his body after a massive stroke, a French journalist records the daily minutes of his new life while pondering the survival of the human spirit.

Plot

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Plot

Jean-Dominique Bauby AKA "Jean-Do," the high-flying editor of French Elle and father of two, was renowned for his sense of humor and style, his joie de vivre and amorous energy, when, in an instant, his world was plunged into the depths of catastrophe. Faced with a harrowing predicament, Jean-Do will use enormous courage and determination but, most of all, his soaring imagination to escape from his trap. Tapping into the limitlessness of his memories, fantasies, wit and wishes, he finds a way to race through experiences of wonder and grief, sex and love, fatherhood and childhood, faith and questioning, ecstasy and absurdity--and touches the very essence of what it is to be human. Along the way he is buoyed by a quintet of remarkable women: Céline, the mother of his children who remains devoted to him despite his betrayal; Inés, the girlfriend who still haunts him; Henriette and Marie, who give Jean-Do the power to re-connect with the world and his loved ones; and Claude, who becomes his ravishing literary assistant.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

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  Mathieu Amalric

  The Phoenician Scheme, The Grand Budapest Hotel

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  Emmanuelle Seigner

  At Eternity's Gate, La Vie en Rose

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  Anne Consigny

  Elle, John Rabe

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  Emma de Caunes

  Mr. Bean's Holiday, The Science of Sleep

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  Max von Sydow

  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Crew Behind the Film

The The Diving Bell and the Butterfly behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's writer Ronald Harwood last wrote Quartet and Oliver Twist.

Director

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Screenwriter

Ronald Harwood

Producers

Pierre Grunstein
Jon Kilik
Jim Lemley

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Dec 2004

Completed

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