Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House

The Plot

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.

Run Time

1h 52m

Genre

Drama, History

Release Date

23 May 2007

Country

France, United States of America

Language

French

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