The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le papillon) (2007)

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Schnabel directed Before Night Falls.

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• Project Phase: 
• Release Date: 2007-11-30 - Limited Release
• Distributor(s): Miramax Films
• Film Genre(s): Drama
• Country: United States
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SYNOPSIS

This is an adaptation of the Jean-Dominique Bauby autobiography. Bauby, the editor of Elle France, suffered a stroke that left his body completely paralyzed, except for his left eye, while his mind remained unaffected. Despite his affliction, suffered in 1995 when he was 43, Bauby used his eye to blink out a memoir, letter by letter, then died two days after it was published. The book describes his pre-stroke life, what it was like to be a prisoner inside his useless body and imagined journeys to exotic places he'd never visited.

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