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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2008)

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Rated: M

Director
Julian Schnabel

Actors
Mathieu Amalric
Emmanuelle Seigner
Marie-Josee Croze
Max Von Sydow

Genres
Drama
Foreign

Running time
112 mins
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From one of the most emotionally exhilarating and luminous bestsellers ever written comes the true story of a man who took an adversity beyond all imagining and transformed it into a testament to the irrepressible human urge to love, create and dream. With his third film, director and artist Julian Schnabel ("Before Night Falls") forges a visually stunning, heart-stirring ode to what drives a man to go on when all truly seems lost. Through a mesmerizing blast of colour, beaty and humour, and a rousing spirit of creativit, Schnabel tells the sotrry of Jean-Dominique Bauby, AKA "Jean-Do", the high-flying editor of French Elle and father of two, who was renowned for his sense of humour and style, his joie de vivre and amorous energy, when, in an instant, his world was plunged into the depths of catastrophe.