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Overview
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.
Top Cast


Mathieu Amalric
Mathieu Amalric
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Mathieu Amalric
Jean-Dominique Bauby


Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner
Céline Desmoulins
Emmanuelle Seigner
Céline Desmoulins


Marie-Josée Croze
Marie-Josée Croze
Henriette Durand
Marie-Josée Croze
Henriette Durand


Anne Consigny
Anne Consigny
Claude
Anne Consigny
Claude


Patrick Chesnais
Patrick Chesnais
Dr. Lepage
Patrick Chesnais
Dr. Lepage


Niels Arestrup
Niels Arestrup
Roussin
Niels Arestrup
Roussin
Olatz López Garmendia
Olatz López Garmendia
Marie Lopez
Olatz López Garmendia
Marie Lopez


Jean-Pierre Cassel
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Father Lucien
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Father Lucien


Marina Hands
Marina Hands
Joséphine
Marina Hands
Joséphine


Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow
Papinou
Max von Sydow
Papinou
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