The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) [PG-13]

Release Date:
May 23, 2007

Original Title:
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon

Alternate Titles:
Die Taucherglocke und der Schmetterling
Dykkerklokken og sommerfuglen
Fjärilen i glaskupan
Kelebek ve Dalgıç
La escafandra y la mariposa
Lo scafandro e la farfalla
O Escafandro e a Borboleta
Skafandr a motýl
Szkafander és pillangó
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
潜水衣与蝴蝶
잠수종과 나비

Genres:
Drama | History

Production Companies:
France 3 Cinéma
Pathé Renn Productions
The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Production Countries:
France | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  AU: M  BE: 12  CA: PG  CH: 16  DE: 12  ES: 12  FR: 12  GB: 12  HK: IIB  IE: 12  JP: G  KR: 12  PT: M/16  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 112

Let your imagination set you free.

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.

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Assistant Costume Designer:
Camille Janbon

Assistant Director Trainee:
Lucie Wagner
Sébastien Marziniak

Assistant Editor:
Margot Meynier

Assistant Unit Manager:
Logan Lelièvre
David Thooris
Sebastien Cosset
Julien Minet
Sébastien Coulet
Laurent Platiau
Delphine Brunet
Olgierd Hordierjuk-zaniewicki
Virginia Bernard
Xavier Champagnac
Maud Hubert
Mathieu Desouches
Jean-Patrick Nourricier
Thierry Leveque
Julien Linières
Emilie Larribaut-Guinguene
Deborah Dours
Octane D'Hont
Anne-Claire Loridant
Aurore Diot-Cods
Olivier Ballard
Valéry Boutelière

Associate Producer:
Léonard Glowinski

Book:
Jean-Dominique Bauby

Business Affairs Coordinator:
Eric Travers

Camera Operator:
Berto

Casting:
Gérard Moulévrier

Casting Assistant:
Rachel Berger
Sana El Ghoul
Jérôme Sacerdot

Casting Director:
Laurent Soulet

Child Wrangler:
Marion Gervais

Controller:
Myriam Raufmann

Costume Design:
Olivier Bériot

Costumer:
Daniella Telle
Camille Joste

Director:
Julian Schnabel

Director of Photography:
Janusz Kamiński

Driver:
Arnaud Bisselbach
Hélène Millet

Editor:
Juliette Welfling

Executive Producer:
Pierre Grunstein
Jim Lemley

First Assistant Camera:
Olivier Fortin
Steeven Petitteville

First Assistant Director:
Stéphane Gluck

Legal Services:
Sylvie Coen

Line Producer:
François-Xavier Decraene

Makeup Artist:
Florence Batteault
Sandrine Cirilli
Chloé Van Lierde
Elizabeth Delesalle

Makeup Department Head:
Myriam Hottois

Music Supervisor:
Julian Schnabel

On Set Dresser:
Alexia Crisp-Jones
Lucia Lefebvre
Sylvie Néant

Original Music Composer:
Paul Cantelon

Post Production Supervisor:
Virginia Anderson

Producer:
Kathleen Kennedy
Jon Kilik

Production Designer:
Michel Eric
Laurent Ott

Production Manager:
Olivier Jacob
Gwenael Camuzard
Vincent Lefeuvre
Emmanuel Mathieu

Production Secretary:
Amélie Dibon

Screenplay:
Ronald Harwood

Second Assistant Camera:
Benoît Pain
Adrien Debackere

Second Assistant Director:
Mathilde Cavillan

Sound Assistant:
Yves-Marie Omnes

Sound Designer:
Francis Wargnier
Dominique Gaborieau

Sound Engineer:
Jean-Paul Mugel

Steadicam Operator:
Jörg Widmer

Still Photographer:
Étienne George

Underwater Camera:
Pascal Morisset
Michel Revest

Underwater Director of Photography:
Roland Savoye

Unit Manager:
Gwenael Camuzard

Video Assist Operator:
Vincent Tulasne

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