The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

Directors:

Julian Schnabel

Writers:

Ronald Harwood

Actors:

Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Agathe de La Fontaine, Zinedine Soualem, Françoise Lebrun, Anne Alvaro, Talina Boyaci

Synopsis:

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

So get this, true story: A guy has a stroke and is "locked in", i.e. completely paralyzed except for his left eye. AND THEN HE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT. Watch it to see how. Also, the film is beautifully and artfully made.
smitty
April 12, 2013