Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Jean-Jacques Beineix's "Assigne a Residence"
Brief Synopsis
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Documentary focusing on the effort of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a French journalist and editor in chief of "Elle" magazine who suffered a brain stem stroke in December 1995 that left him totally paralyzed and his mind still intact -- kept alive by a feeding tube, unable to speak or to move -- to dictate
Cast & Crew
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Jean-jacques Beineix
Director
Claude Mendibil
Jean-dominique Bauby
Jean-jacques Beineix
Producer
Thierry Carreau
Sound
Abdul Gigi
Music
Film Details
Also Known As
Bauby
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
26m
Synopsis
Documentary focusing on the effort of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a French journalist and editor in chief of "Elle" magazine who suffered a brain stem stroke in December 1995 that left him totally paralyzed and his mind still intact -- kept alive by a feeding tube, unable to speak or to move -- to dictate his memoirs one letter at a time by blinking in response to a recited alphabet.
Director
Jean-jacques Beineix
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Bauby
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
26m
