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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.
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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:
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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.
Government security censorship classification
M (Moderate themes and nudity)
Surveillance time
112 minutes (1:52 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 14 February 2008
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