Original Title: Le scaphandre et le papillon

Director: Julian Schnabel

Writer: Ronald Harwood

From novel: Le Scaphandre et le Papillon by Jean-Dominique Bauby

Original Music: Paul Cantelon

Producers: Kathleen Kennedy; Jon Kilik

Keywords: Drama, Biography, France, Hospital

Magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby struggles to live with near-total paralysis following a massive stroke.

ABSTRACT
Well-regarded Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby wakes from a three-week coma in a French hospital, unaware of his surroundings and present circumstances. An attending neurologist informs Jean-Dominique of his diagnosis of locked-in syndrome, a rare consequence of a massive stroke in which a patient remains "normal" in a mental sense despite near-total paralysis. Limited only to movement in his left eye, Jean-Dominique develops a unique system of communication with his speech therapist, ultimately relating events in his storied existence leading up to his stroke to be used as the basis for his memoir.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mathieu Amalric	Actor	25-Oct-1965		Late August, Early September
Jean-Pierre Cassel	Actor	27-Oct-1932	19-Apr-2007	The Crimson Rivers
Patrick Chesnais	Actor	18-Mar-1947		Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé
Isaach De Bankolé	Actor	12-Aug-1957		Casino Royale
Lenny Kravitz	Musician	26-May-1964		Wants to fly away yeah
Emmanuelle Seigner	Model	22-Jun-1966		Frantic
Max von Sydow	Actor	10-Apr-1929		The Exorcist
Michael Wincott	Actor	21-Jan-1958		The Crow

CAST

Mathieu Amalric	...   Jean-Do
Emmanuelle Seigner	...   Céline
Marie-Josée Croze	...   Henriette Roi
Anne Consigny	...   Claude
Patrick Chesnais	...   Dr. Lepage
Niels Arestrup	...   Roussin
Olatz Lopez Garmendia	...   Marie Lopez
Jean-Pierre Cassel	...   Fr. Lucien and Shopkeeper
Marina Hands	...   Josephine
and
Max von Sydow	...   Papinou
Gerard Watkins	...   Dr. Cocheton
Theo Sampaio	...   Théophile
Fiorella Campanella	...   Céleste
Talina Boyaci	...   Hortense
Isaach De Bankolé	...   Laurent
Emma de Caunes	...   Empress Eugénie
Jean-Philippe Écoffey	...   Dr. Mercier and Nortier de Villefort
Nicolas Le Riche	...   Nijinski
Anne Alvaro	...   Betty
Françoise Lebrun	...   Mme. Bauby
Zinedine Soualem	...   Joubert
Georges Roche	...   Fourneau
Agathe de La Fontaine	...   Inès
Yves-Marie Coppin	...   The Fisherman
François Delaive	...   The Male Nurse
Franck Victor	...   Paul
Laure de Clermont	...   Diane
Virginie Delmotte	...   The Female Nurse
Daniel Lapostolle	...   Nursing Auxiliary 1
Philippe Roux	...   Nursing Auxiliary 2
François Filloux	...   Male Night Nurse
Elvis Polanski	...   Young Jean-Do
Cedric Brelet von Sydow	...   Young Papinou
Sara Seguela	...   Paraplegic Lourdes
Vasile Negru	...   The Violinist
Marie Meyer	...   Model
Ilze Bajare	...   Model
Anna Chyzh	...   Model
Antoine Breant	...   Assistant to Jean-Baptiste Mondino
With the kind participation of
Azzedine Alaïa	...   Himself
Michael Wincott	...   Himself
Jean-Baptiste Mondino	...   Himself
Lenny Kravitz	...   Himself
Farida Khelfa	...   Herself

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