
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed 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.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
May 23, 2007
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Cast (28)

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 López Garmendia
Marie Lopez

Jean-Pierre Cassel
Father Lucien

Marina Hands
Joséphine

Max von Sydow
Papinou

Isaach de Bankolé
Laurent

Emma de Caunes
Empress Eugenia

Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Doctor Mercier

Gérard Watkins
Doctor Cocheton

Nicolas Le Riche
Ninjinski

Théo Sampaio
Théophile

Fiorella Campanella
Céleste

Talina Boyaci
Hortense

Anne Alvaro
Betty

Françoise Lebrun
Madame Bauby

Zinedine Soualem
Joubert

Marie Meyer
Mannequin

Ilze Bajare
Mannequin

Anna Chyzh
Mannequin

Lenny Kravitz
Himself

Michael Wincott
Fashion Photographer
Crew (86)
Directing

Stéphane Gluck
First Assistant Director

Lucie Wagner
Assistant Director Trainee

Sébastien Marziniak
Assistant Director Trainee

Mathilde Cavillan
Second Assistant Director

Julian Schnabel
Director
Writing

Ronald Harwood
Screenplay

Jean-Dominique Bauby
Book
Production

Jim Lemley
Executive Producer

Pierre Grunstein
Executive Producer

Vincent Lefeuvre
Production Manager

François-Xavier Decraene
Line Producer

Laurent Soulet
Casting Director

Michel Eric
Production Designer

Gwenael Camuzard
Production Manager

Virginia Bernard
Assistant Unit Manager

Xavier Champagnac
Assistant Unit Manager

Amélie Dibon
Production Secretary

Emmanuel Mathieu
Production Manager

Sana El Ghoul
Casting Assistant

Olivier Jacob
Production Manager

Laurent Ott
Production Designer

Jérôme Sacerdot
Casting Assistant

Sébastien Coulet
Assistant Unit Manager

Valéry Boutelière
Assistant Unit Manager

Gwenael Camuzard
Unit Manager

Logan Lelièvre
Assistant Unit Manager

Julien Linières
Assistant Unit Manager

David Thooris
Assistant Unit Manager

Jon Kilik
Producer

Gérard Moulévrier
Casting

Kathleen Kennedy
Producer

Julien Minet
Assistant Unit Manager

Léonard Glowinski
Associate Producer

Delphine Brunet
Assistant Unit Manager

Olivier Ballard
Assistant Unit Manager

Mathieu Desouches
Assistant Unit Manager

Anne-Claire Loridant
Assistant Unit Manager

Aurore Diot-Cods
Assistant Unit Manager

Sebastien Cosset
Assistant Unit Manager

Myriam Raufmann
Controller

Thierry Leveque
Assistant Unit Manager

Octane D'Hont
Assistant Unit Manager

Emilie Larribaut-Guinguene
Assistant Unit Manager

Maud Hubert
Assistant Unit Manager

Deborah Dours
Assistant Unit Manager

Eric Travers
Business Affairs Coordinator

Laurent Platiau
Assistant Unit Manager

Jean-Patrick Nourricier
Assistant Unit Manager

Olgierd Hordierjuk-zaniewicki
Assistant Unit Manager
Sound

Paul Cantelon
Original Music Composer

Dominique Gaborieau
Sound Designer

Yves-Marie Omnes
Sound Assistant

Jean-Paul Mugel
Sound Engineer

Julian Schnabel
Music Supervisor

Francis Wargnier
Sound Designer
Art

Julian Schnabel
Title Designer
Camera

Janusz Kamiński
Director of Photography

Jörg Widmer
Steadicam Operator

Steeven Petitteville
First Assistant Camera

Étienne George
Still Photographer

Benoît Pain
Second Assistant Camera

Olivier Fortin
First Assistant Camera

Roland Savoye
Underwater Director of Photography

Adrien Debackere
Second Assistant Camera

Michel Revest
Underwater Camera

Berto
Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up

Olivier Bériot
Costume Design

Camille Janbon
Assistant Costume Designer

Myriam Hottois
Makeup Department Head

Chloé Van Lierde
Makeup Artist

Alexia Crisp-Jones
On Set Dresser

Camille Joste
Costumer

Florence Batteault
Makeup Artist

Sylvie Néant
On Set Dresser

Elizabeth Delesalle
Makeup Artist

Sandrine Cirilli
Makeup Artist

Daniella Telle
Costumer

Lucia Lefebvre
On Set Dresser
Crew

Vincent Tulasne
Video Assist Operator

Sylvie Coen
Legal Services

Marion Gervais
Child Wrangler

Hélène Millet
Driver

Arnaud Bisselbach
Driver

Virginia Anderson
Post Production Supervisor
Editing

Juliette Welfling
Editor

Margot Meynier
Assistant Editor