Movie
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Released: May 23, 2007 (2007)
Runtime: 112 minutes
Genres: Drama, History
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Max von Sydow as Papinou
Age at release: 78
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Father Lucien
Age at release: 74
- Patrick Chesnais as Dr. Lepage
Age at release: 60
- Niels Arestrup as Roussin
Age at release: 58
- Isaach de Bankolé as Laurent
Age at release: 49
- Anne Consigny as Claude
Age at release: 43
- Mathieu Amalric as Jean-Dominique Bauby
Age at release: 41
- Emmanuelle Seigner as Céline Desmoulins
Age at release: 40
- Marie-Josée Croze as Henriette Durand
Age at release: 37
- Marina Hands as Joséphine
Age at release: 32
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- Françoise Lebrun as Madame Bauby
Age at release: 62
- Anne Alvaro as Betty
Age at release: 55
- Zinedine Soualem as Joubert
Age at release: 50
- Michael Wincott as Fashion Photographer
Age at release: 49
- Jean-Philippe Écoffey as Doctor Mercier
Age at release: 47
- Lenny Kravitz as Himself
Age at release: 42
- Gérard Watkins as Doctor Cocheton
Age at release: 41
- Agathe de La Fontaine as Inès
Age at release: 35
- Emma de Caunes as Empress Eugenia
Age at release: 30
- Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre as Diane
Age at release: 23
- Marie Meyer as Mannequin
Age at release: 22
- Fiorella Campanella as Céleste
Age at release: 10
- Talina Boyaci as Hortense
Age at release: 8
- Nicolas Le Riche as Ninjinski
Age at release: Unknown
- Théo Sampaio as Théophile
Age at release: Unknown
- Ilze Bajare as Mannequin
Age at release: Unknown
- Anna Chyzh as Mannequin
Age at release: Unknown