The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Julian Schnabel, Laura Obiols, 2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby, 1997
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a movie directed by Julian Schnabel and Laura Obiols in 2007 and based on the book of the same name by Jean-Dominique Bauby, first published in 1997. The movie features Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, and others.
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Storyline
The first third of the film is told from the main character’s, Jean-Dominique Bauby, or Jean-Do as his friends call him, first person perspective. Bauby cannot speak, but he develops a system of communication with his speech and language therapist by blinking his left eye as she reads a list of letters to laboriously spell out his messages, letter by letter.
Movie vs Book
Year
2007
Minutes
112
Movie Rate
8.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Original title: Le scaphandre et le papillon
Director: Julian Schnabel, Laura Obiols
Country: France
Year: 2007
Length: 1h52m
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Year
1997
Pages
136
Book Rate
7.98
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Book
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Original title: Le scaphandre et le papillon
Author: Jean-Dominique Bauby
Country: France
First published in: 1997
Length: 136 pages
Genre: Biography
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“Movies are not the book. Movies are not even the screenplay. They are the movie.”
BRUCE JOEL RUBIN (Screenwriter)
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