Years ago I wrote about wanting to watch this movie. I bought the DVD months ago, but I only watched it the other day. I knew I had to prepare myself mentally to watch the movie because of the heavy subject, but it was worth watching. The visuals are stunning and cinematography was sublime! I was so amazed at how well it was made because they really made me feel I was him.
Here's the imdb page: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Synopsis: "The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke
and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye
isn't paralyzed."
The beginning of the movie made me feel trapped. It was hard to breathe. I couldn't help thinking that if someone else were in that condition and he/she didn't have access to such a brilliant group of people to help out, then it would be devastating.
Still I admired his tenacity and the patience and brilliance of the people who helped him. I'm not going to say too much about the movie for fear of ruining it, but I have to warn you that if you're planning to watch it, better do it when you're in a good mood and you're prepared mentally to watch a heavy movie.
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P.S. I was browsing through the images of the movie to put here, but found this article instead. Warning: read this only after you watch the movie: The Real Love Story Behind The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
I was browsing for new movies when I found this one entitled Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007). Don't ask me how the movie goes as I haven't seen it yet. Anyway, what struck me the most was what was written in the description. Here goes:On December 8, 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, a journalist and father of two children, suffered a stroke which plunged him into a deep coma. When he regained consciousness, all his motor body functions had deteriorated. He’d been struck by what is known in the medical profession as “locked-in syndrome:” he could no longer move, speak nor even breathe without medical assistance. The only part of his inert body capable of moving was his left eye. This eye became his link with the world, with others, with life. He’d blink once to say “yes,” twice to say “no.”
With his single eye, he’d focus visitors’ attention on letters of the alphabet dictated to him and form words, sentences, entire pages. With his eye, he wrote this book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, for which, each morning during long weeks, he’d memorized sentences before dictating them.
Can you imagine it? It's even tough for someone healthy to write an ENTIRE novel, but he could write it in THAT state? I find this info VERY inspiring, don't you?
If you're interested in reading the short biography in Wikipedia, here's the link:
