The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 52 mins | Drama, Biopic, Foreign, Adaptation, Medical | Released: 11/30/2007 |Box Office Total: $5.9M

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Jean-Dominique Bauby AKA “Jean-Do,” the high-flying editor of French Elle and father of two, was renowned for his sense of humor and style, his joie de vivre and amorous energy, when, in an instant, his world was plunged into the depths of catastrophe. Faced with a harrowing predicament, Jean-Do will use enormous courage and determination but, most of all, his soaring imagination to escape from his trap. Tapping into the limitlessness of his memories, fantasies, wit and wishes, he finds a way to race through experiences of wonder and grief, sex and love, fatherhood and childhood, faith and questioning, ecstasy and absurdity--and touches the very essence of what it is to be human. Along the way he is buoyed by a quintet of remarkable women: Céline, the mother of his children who remains devoted to him despite his betrayal; Inés, the girlfriend who still haunts him; Henriette and Marie, who give Jean-Do the power to re-connect with the world and his loved ones; and Claude, who becomes his ravishing literary assistant.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
11/30/2007

Director	Credit
Julian Schnabel	Director
Cast	Credit
Mathieu Amalric	Jean-Dominique Bauby
Emmanuelle Seigner	Celine Desmoulin
Anne Consigny	Claude
Emma De Caunes	Empress Eugenie
Max von Sydow	Papinou
Marie-Josee Croze	Henriette Roi
Patrick Chesnais	Dr Lepage
Niels Arestrup	Roussin
Olatz Lopez Garmendia	Marie Lopez
Jean-Pierre Cassel	Father Lucien and Shopkeeper
Marina Hands	Josephine
Isaach DeBankole	Laurent
Theo Sampaio	Theophile
Fiorella Campanella	Celeste
Gerard Watkins	Doctor Cocheton
Talina Boyaci	Hortense
Jean-Phillippe Ecoffey	Doctor Mercier and Noirtier de Villefort
Nicolas Le Riche	Nijinski
Anne Alvaro	Betty
Francoise Lebrun	Madame Bauby
Zinedine Soualem	Joubert
Georges Roche	Fourneau
Agathe De La Fontaine	Inès
Francoise Delaire	The Male Nurse
Franck Victor	Paul
Laure de Clermont-Tonnere	Diane
Virginie Delmotte	The Female Nurse
Yves-Marie Coppin	The Fisherman
Daniel Lapostolle	Nursing Auxiliary 1
Philippe Roux	Nursing Auxiliary 2
Francis Filloux	Male Night Nurse
Elvis Polanski	Young Jean-Do
Cedric Brelet von Sydow	Young Papinou
Sara Seguela	Paraplegic Lourdes
Vasile Negru	The Violinist
Marie Meyer	Model
Ilze Bajare	Model
Anna Chyzh	Model
Antoine Breant	Assistant to Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Azzedine Alaia	- Cast
Michael Wincott	- Cast
Jean Baptiste Mondino	- Cast
Lenny Kravitz	- Cast
Farida Khelfa	- Cast
Production Credits	Credit
Leonard Glowinski	Associate Producer
Pierre Grunstein	Executive Producer
Jon Kilik	Producer
Jim Lemley	Executive Producer
Kathleen Kennedy	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Kennedy/Marshall Company	Production Company
Pathe Renn Productions	Production Company
France 3 Cinéma	Production Company
CRRAV Nord Pas de Calais	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Miramax Films	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Miramax Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Miramax Films	Domestic Distribution Rights
BIM Distribuzione	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Asmik Ace Entertainment	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
CMC Entertainment Group	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Best Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Cinema Lev	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
LNK	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Europa Filmes	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Pathe Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Cinema Without Frontiers LLC	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Scanbox Denmark	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Hoyts Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Gussi Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Acme Film	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Icon Film Distribution (IFD)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Prooptiki Romania	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Jean-Dominique Bauby	Source Material
Ronald Harwood	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Sylvain Joubert	Production Insurance - Insurances
Hugo Pilet	Assistant Accountant
Myriam Kaufmann	Production Accountant - Production Controller
Marie Guillon	Production Accountant
Edith Barrier	Production Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Christian Gazio	Wrangler - Fly Wrangler
Art Department	Credit
Laurent Ott	Production Designer
Jean-Noel Vincensini	Set Decorator
Jacques Kazandjian	Art Department - Draper
Jean-Francois Juvanon	Painter
Michel Eric	Set Designer
Samuel Bordet	Swing Gang
Philippe Boutillier	Sculptor
Alexia Crisp-Jones	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Lucie Lefebvre	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Cedric Mazeratti	Swing Gang
Christine Huet-Gigandet	Painter
Julien Durguel	Set Decorator
Aude Bassisty	Set Designer - Trainee Set Designer
Stephanie Noel	Set Decorator
Eddie Guittard	Painter
Sylvie Neant	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Nicolas Pitrel	Set Designer - Trainee Set Designer
Julian Grisot	Swing Gang
jacques fresnel	Painter
Jerome Poirier	Swing Gang
Alain Pitrel	Set Dresser
Peter Hammond	Painter
Nicolas Christin	Swing Gang
Michel Malbesin	Painter
Laurene Gabillon	Painter
Laurent Stianti	Painter
Casting	Credit
Laurent Soulet	Extras Casting - Extra Casting Coordinator
Jerome Sacerdot	Extras Casting Assistant
Rachel Berger	Casting Assistant
Sana El Ghoul	Casting Assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Janusz Kaminski	Director of Photography
Jorg Widmer	Steadicam Operator
Olivier Fortin	Assistant Camera
Etienne George	Photography - Stills Photographer
Joel Delclos	Projectionist
Vincent Tulasne	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist Operator
Christian Dutac	Grader - Color Grader
Varujan Gumusel	Film Lab - Laboratory Supervisor
nadia atout	Dailies - Dailies Planner
Berto	Camera Operator
Roland Savoye	Camera Operator - Underwater Camera Operator
Gilles Granier	Grader - Dailies Grader
Dominique Boussagol	Film Lab - Laboratory Supervisor
Steeven Petitteville	Assistant Camera
Benoit Pain	Assistant Camera
Isabelle Julien	Grader - Color Grader on Luster
Pascal Morisset	Camera Operator - Underwater Camera Operator
Tommaso Vergallo	Film Lab - Digitial Cinema Manager
Gabriel Porier	Film Lab - Scan
Michel Revest	Camera Operator - Underwater Camera Operator
Marine Lepoutre	Grader - Color Grader Assistant
Adrien Debackere	Assistant Camera
Nolwenn Moign	Film Lab - Pictures Management
Thomas Jodeau	Film Lab - Pictures Management
Elodie Ly Tri	Film Lab - Restoration
Charlotte Quemy	Film Lab - Restoration
Abdel Ali Kassou	Film Lab - Shoot
Film Sales Financing	Credit
CineCinema	Film Financier
Canal Plus (Canal+)	Film Financier
La Region Nord	Film Financier
Region Nord Pas de Calais	Film Financier
Banque Populaire Images 7	Film Financier
Pathe International	Distribution Sales International Sales
Legal	Credit
Sylvie Coen	Legal Counsel - Legal Advisor
Music	Credit
Carlo Savina	Music Conductor
Julian Schnabel	Music Supervisor
Charles Trenet	Song
Charles Trenet	Song Performer
Jean Constantin	Composer
Paul Cantelon	Theme Lyrics
Paul Cantelon	Original Music
Christian Chevalier	Music - Music Rights Clearance
Sue Jacobs	Music - Music Rights Clearance (New York)
Dirtbombs	Song Performer
Jean Constantin	Music Conductor
Arthur Freed	Song
Nacio Herb Brown	Song
Tom Waits	Song Performer
Ultra Orange et Emmanuelle	Song Performer
Nino Rota	Song
The Velvet Underground	Song Performer
Tom Waits	Song
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros	Song Performer
K Brennan	Song
Vline Buggy	Song
Hubert Giraud	Song
Robert J Harris	Song
Pierre Emergy	Song
Lou Reed	Song
Patty Hill	Song
Mildred Hill	Song
Luke Bellen	Song
Scott Shields	Song
Paul Martin Slattery	Song
Edward Simon Stafford	Song
Joe Strummer	Song
M Davis	Song
D Davis	Song
J Barnes	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Pascal Guegan	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Olivier Jacob	Assistant Unit Manager
Danielle Maleville	Project Manager
Virginia Anderson	Post-Production - post-production manager
Sylvette Baudrot	Script Supervisor
Stephan Guillemet	Unit Production Manager
Stephane Gluck	Assistant Director
Francois-Xavier Decraene	Line Producer
amelie dibon	Production Coordinator
Mathilde Cavillan	Assistant Director
Gwenael Camuzard	Assistant Unit Manager (Paris)
Vincent Lefeuvre	Assistant Unit Manager
Lucie Wagner	Assistant Director - Assistant Director Trainee
Sebastien Marziniak	Assistant Director - Assistant Director Trainee
Emmanuel Mathieu	Assistant Unit Manager
Sound	Credit
Yves Marie Omnes	Boom Operator
Frederique Liebaut	ADR Supervisor
Boris Chapelle	Assistant Sound Editor
Damien Lazzerini	Sound Mixer - Assistant Mixer
Jean-Paul Mugel	Sound
Philippe Penot	Foley
Cyrille Richard	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Yann Lebrun	ADR - ADR Engineer
Vincent Milner	Foley
Francis Wargnier	Sound
Lionel Le Bras	Boom Operator - Boom Operator Studio Mixer
Jean-Louis Le Bras	Boom Operator - Boom Operator Studio Mixer
Dominique Gaborieau	Sound
Philippe Donge	Sound - Studio Sound Technician
Benjamin Leloch	Sound - Studio Sound Technician
Yannick Boulot	Sound - Studio Sound Technician
Rodolphe Duhamel	Sound - Studio Sound Technician
Toni Di Rocco	Sound - Studio Sound Technician
Visual Effects	Credit
Beatrice Bellone	Titles - Title Design
Georges Demetrau	Special Effects Supervisor
Fred Roz	Main Title Design - Credits
Adrien Bozakian	3-D Animator
Aurelie Villard	2-D Animator
Benjamin Clement	Software Engineer - Exploitation
Jerome Miel	Special Effects Assistant
laurence vidot	Visual Effects - VFX Coordinator
Luc Augereau	Visual Effects Producer
Malika Mazauric	Visual Effects Supervisor
Francois Dupuy	Special Effects Technician - Technical Head
Fabien Eigen	Special Effects - Exploitation
Philippe Mouton	Special Effects Technician - Technical Supervisor
Yann Blondel	Visual Effects Supervisor
Philippe Alleton	Special Effects Assistant
Claire Cunier	2-D Animator
Thierry Noblet	3-D Animator
A Whitelaw	Titles - subtitles
Jean-Claude Dauphinot	Special Effects Assistant
Jereemie Droulers	3-D Animator
melodie stevens	2-D Animator
thierry flament	Visual Effects Supervisor - Production Supervisor
Isabelle Delhumeau	Special Effects Technician - Technical Team
Sylvain Jardin	Special Effects Technician - Technical Team
Rosana D'Andrea	Special Effects Assistant - Luster Assistant
Guillaume Chevet	3-D Animator
Anita Lechbedech	2-D Animator
jacques delzescaux	2-D Animator
Arnaud Damaz	2-D Animator
emmanuel che	2-D Animator
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Benoit Lestang	Special Makeup Effects - Special Effects Key Make-up
florence batteault	Makeup Assistant
Melanie Gerbeaux	Wig Maker
Camille Janbon	Assistant Costume Designer
Camille Joste	Costume Supervisor
Thierry Di Cecca	Hair Stylist
Olivier Beriot	Costume Designer
Christian Gruau	Hairdresser
Myriam Hottois	Makeup Artist
Daniella Telle	Costume Supervisor
Laure Moulin	Hair Stylist
Sandrine Cirilli	Makeup Assistant
Geoffroy Felley	Special Makeup Effects
Olivier Alonso	Special Makeup Effects
Chloe Van Lierde	Makeup Assistant
Raphaël Cornillon	Hair Stylist - Fashion Hair Stylist
Elisabeth Delesalle	Makeup Assistant

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