Directed by:
Julian SchnabelScreenplay:
Ronald HarwoodCinematography:
Janusz KaminskiComposer:
Paul CantelonCast:
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max von Sydow (more)Plots(1)
The remarkable true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a successful and charismatic editor-in-chief of French Elle, who is living life to its absolute fullest when a sudden stroke leaves him in a life-altered state. While the physical challenges of Bauby's fate leave him with little hope for the future - he begins to discover how his life's passions, rich memories and newfound imagination can help him achieve life without boundaries. (Icon Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Mathieu Amalric](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/656/160656797_6e206b.png)
Mathieu Amalric
France
Best movies:
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Farewell, Home Sweet Home (1999)
![Emmanuelle Seigner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/135/162135617_01862e.jpg)
Emmanuelle Seigner
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Bitter Moon (1992)
La Vie en rose (2007)
![Marie-Josée Croze](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/196/163196417_cae61e.png)
Marie-Josée Croze
Canada
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Munich (2005)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Anne Consigny](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/730/160730487_8e3416.png)
Anne Consigny
France
Best movies:
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Department 36 (2004)
![Patrick Chesnais](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/755/162755631_d169b8.jpg)
Patrick Chesnais
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
La Lectrice (1988)
The Maiden and the Wolves (2008)
![Niels Arestrup](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/532/160532495_993720.png)
Niels Arestrup
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
La Rumba (1987)
I, You, He, She (1974)
![Jean-Pierre Cassel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272109_0b563d.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Goodbye Again (1961)
![Marina Hands](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/052/162052996_a31d21.png)
Marina Hands
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
Jappeloup (2013)
![Max von Sydow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267824_9f437d.jpg)
Max von Sydow
Sweden
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Awakenings (1990)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
![Gérard Watkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/760/160760280_fa144a.jpg)
Gérard Watkins
UK
Best movies:
La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)
Taken (2008)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
![Isaach De Bankolé](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274451_7515af.jpg)
Isaach De Bankolé
Ivory Coast
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Casino Royale (2006)
![Emma de Caunes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276304_51a651.jpg)
Emma de Caunes
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Science of Sleep (2006)
The Age of Ignorance (2007)
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Switzerland
Best movies:
Mina Tannenbaum (1994)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
My Life in Pink (1997)
![Zinedine Soualem](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/540/162540405_a455de.png)
Zinedine Soualem
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Hate (1995)
Roman de Gare (2007)
Agathe de La Fontaine
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Train of Life (1998)
Too Loud a Solitude (1994)
![Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/874/159874678_7b55fe.jpg)
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
France
Best movies:
![Michael Wincott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267619_4b749f.jpg)
Michael Wincott
Canada
Best movies:
The Doors (1991)
Dead Man (1995)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
![Lenny Kravitz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/517/517875_766723.jpg)
Lenny Kravitz
USA
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Precious (2009)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
![Hiam Abbass](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/149/161149311_4ecdd6.jpg)
Hiam Abbass
Israel
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Promise (2011) (series)
The Visitor (2007)
Jean-Baptiste Mondino
France
Best movies: