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The diving bell and the butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) - Mathieu Almaric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Julian Schnabel

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Movie propaganda

Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralysed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

Theatrical propaganda posters

The diving bell and the butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) theatrical one sheet

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film biography Jean-Dominique Bauby true France French stroke disability blink eye auto-biography

Persons of interest

Mathieu Amalric .... Jean-Dominique Bauby
Emmanuelle Seigner .... Céline Desmoulins
Marie-Josée Croze .... Henriette Durand
Anne Consigny .... Claude
Patrick Chesnais .... Dr Lepage
Niels Arestrup .... Roussin
Olatz Lopez Garmendia .... Marie Lopez
Jean-Pierre Cassel .... Père Lucien
Marina Hands .... Joséphine
Max von Sydow .... Papinou
Isaach De Bankolé .... Laurent
Jean-Philippe Écoffey .... Dr Mercier
Nicolas Le Riche .... Nijinski
Anne Alvaro .... Betty
Françoise Lebrun .... Mme Bauby
Zinedine Soualem .... Joubert
Agathe de La Fontaine .... Inès
Franck Victor .... Paul
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre .... Diane
Théo Sampaio .... Théophile
Fiorella Campanella .... Céleste
Jean-Dominique Bauby .... Author
Ronald Harwood .... Screenwriter
Julian Schnabel .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

The diving bell and the butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) official movie site
The diving bell and the butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) film production notes
The diving bell and the butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 2008: Nominated: Best Achievement in Directing (Julian Schnabel), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Ronald Harwood), Best Achievement in Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski), Best Achievement in Editing (Juliette Welfling)
Canberra International Film Festival 2007: Screening
Cannes Film Festival 2007: Won: Best Director (Julian Schnabel), Technical Grand Prize (Janusz Kaminski); Nominated: Golden Palm (Julian Schnabel)
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) 2008: Winner: Director (Julian Schnabel), Foreign Film; Nominated: Screenplay (Ronald Harwood)
Independent Spirit Awards 2007: Nominated: Best feature, Best director (Julian Schnabel), Best screenplay (Ronald Harwood), Best cinematography (Janusz Kaminski)
London Film Festival 2007: Screening
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2007: Zabaltegi Pearls

NB: English and French language dialogue with English language subtitles
See also The sea inside
Studios and distributors:

Icon Film Distribution

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

The biography, Jean-Dominique Bauby movie The diving bell and the butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) is directed by Julian Schnabel and stars Mathieu Almaric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze.