The Diving Bell & The Butterfly Gallery
JEAN-Dominique Bauby was the high-flying editor of Elle magazine in France until, in 1997, he suffered a massive stroke that left him with a condition known as ‘locked-in syndrome’. Fully conscious but paralysed everywhere except his left eye, Bauby could only communicate by blinking but nevertheless succeeded in creating a memoir of his experience that was eventually published to huge acclaim just days before his death. Julian Schnabel’s The Diving Bell & The Butterfly chronicles this story. Check out photos…
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Mathieu Amalric plays Jean-Dominique Bauby, the Elle editor who suffered from locked-in syndrome after experiencing a severe stroke. He could only more or communicate through blinking one eye despite having full control of his brain.
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