The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Reviews & Ratings

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly reviews

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly holds a 7.6/10 average from 1,318 TMDB ratings.

Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.

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