The Diving Bell & the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon)
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- Synopsis
- 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' is the remarkable true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), a successful and charismatic editor-in-chief of French Elle, who believes he is living his life to its absolute fullest when a sudden stroke ......
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- Director(s)
- Julian Schnabel
- Distributor(s)
- Miramax
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 112 min.
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The Hollywood Reporter | Ray BennettAdd Critic to Favorites
Director Julian Schnabel and screenwriter Ronald Harwood have performed a small miracle in adapting for the screen Jean-Dominique Bauby's autobiography The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
At the end we are left with the reflection that human consciousness is the great miracle of evolution, and all the rest (sight, sound, taste, hearing, smell, touch) are simply a toolbox that consciousness has supplied for itself.Read the full review
Washington Post | Ann HornadayAdd Critic to Favorites
Thanks to Bauby's courageous and honest writing, and Schnabel's poetic interpretation, what could have been a portrait of impotence and suffering becomes a lively exploration of consciousness and a soaring ode to liberation.Read the full review
