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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2007

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Movie

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112 min

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Drama

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89%

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 ...

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Top Reviews

Moonuan

Moonuan loved

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

9.7/10

É como afundar no próprio corpo e achar na mente a única fuga. A paralisia te asfixia ao longo do filme como um afogamento ao ar livre. Um embate visceral entre a imaginação e a carne.

81d

Noah March

Noah March loved

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

🫎🫎🫎🫎1/2

My fifth film for my film narrative class.

This was absolute nightmare fuel.

No wonder this won best directing in the 2008 Cannes film festival. Being through the perspective of jean-do was horrifying. I couldn’t even begin to imagine.

The writing was phenomenal as well. I know the pacing was slow, but it was ok because the non-linear storytelling made it interesting. Also the script was insane. This movies script felt like pure poetry.

The score tore me apart as well. That piano theme was so beautifully daunting.

160d

Vogue Italia

Vogue Italia loved

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

A beautiful and harrowing true story, the human mind and body is so unique and horrifying. This film does such a phenomenal job of making the viewer feel locked within a body.

262d

Recent Reviews

Moonuan

Moonuan loved

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

9.7/10

É como afundar no próprio corpo e achar na mente a única fuga. A paralisia te asfixia ao longo do filme como um afogamento ao ar livre. Um embate visceral entre a imaginação e a carne.

81d

Noah March

Noah March loved

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

🫎🫎🫎🫎1/2

My fifth film for my film narrative class.

This was absolute nightmare fuel.

No wonder this won best directing in the 2008 Cannes film festival. Being through the perspective of jean-do was horrifying. I couldn’t even begin to imagine.

The writing was phenomenal as well. I know the pacing was slow, but it was ok because the non-linear storytelling made it interesting. Also the script was insane. This movies script felt like pure poetry.

The score tore me apart as well. That piano theme was so beautifully daunting.

160d

Vogue Italia

Vogue Italia loved

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

A beautiful and harrowing true story, the human mind and body is so unique and horrifying. This film does such a phenomenal job of making the viewer feel locked within a body.

262d

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