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

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Release Date: Friday, November 30, 2007

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.

Starring: Mathieu Amalric • Emmanuelle Seigner • Anne Consigny • Emma de Caunes • Max von Sydow

Screenwriter: Ronald Harwood

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 54 m

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Plot – What's the story about?

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: CÃ©line, the mother of his children who remains devoted to him despite his betrayal; InÃ©s, 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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Who stars in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Cast List

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Mathieu Amalric
A Private Life, The Phoenician Scheme
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Emmanuelle Seigner
Pet Shop Days, An Officer and a Spy
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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
Shutter Island, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Who is making The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Crew List

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

Director: —
Screenwriter: Ronald Harwood
Producers: Pierre Grunstein
Jon Kilik
Jim Lemley

Studios: —
Production Company: CRRAV Nord Pas de Calais
France 3 Cinema
Pathe Renn Productions
The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Production – What we know about the The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for nudity, sexual content and some language
Runtime: 1 hr, 54 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Diving Bell...
Language: English

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Release Date: When was the film released?

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly was released in on Friday, November 30 , 2007. There were four other movies released on the same date, including Awake, Mama's Boy and Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding.