A beautiful, poignant story, wonderfully translated to film Can I just start by saying: this film is outstanding. It clearly benefits from the remarkableness of Jean-Dominique Bauby's book - the notion of a man with 'locked-in' syndrome being able to write such a poetic story about his experiences using only the blinking of his left-eye to signal the letters of the words is, in itself, awe-inspring. It would seem an almost impossible task to turn such a book into a film, but it has been done here with considerable skill. The film adopts a highly... more info
Extraordinary The Diving Bell and the Butterfly opens to Elle magazine editor, Jean-Dominique Bauby's realization that something has gone horribly awry. He wakes in a hospital unable to speak or move - vision, though blurred, and hearing providing his only window to the outside world. We soon learn he's suffered a massive stoke and is completely paralyzed (a rare condition known as 'locked-in' syndrome) with the exception of one eyelid (the other eyelid we witness from Bauby's point of view being stitched shut: a... more info
9/10. The Butterfly effect 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' is an adaptation of a book many would presume to be unadaptable: former Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoirs reflecting upon his rare medical condition "locked-in syndrome". The film begins begins daringly and terrifyingly from Bauby's perspective, as he regains consciousness in hospital following a stroke and slowly realises that he is totally paralysed except for an ability to roll and blink his eyes. His only means of communication is thus to blink, once for... more info
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