
1h 52m
2007-05-23
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.
Julian Schnabel
Duration: 1h 52m
Budget: $14,000,020
Revenue: $19,777,647

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Céline Desmoulins

Henriette Durand

Claude

Dr. Lepage

Roussin

Marie Lopez

Father Lucien

Joséphine

Papinou

Laurent

Empress Eugenia

Doctor Mercier

Doctor Cocheton

Ninjinski

Théophile

Céleste

Hortense

Betty

Madame Bauby

Joubert

Diane

Inès

Mannequin

Mannequin

Mannequin

Himself

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