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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le papillon)

Synopsis

Oscar nominated director Julian Schnabel offers a pitiless profile of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a Parisian rake who suffers a massive stroke that leaves him almost completely paralyzed. In this portrait of the artist, Mathieu Amalric plays Bauby, who dictates a memoir one letter at a time by blinking his eye to his secretary.