The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Ending Explained: Plot and Final Scene Facts

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. Let your imagination set you free.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, JustWatch TV. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Mathieu Amalric as Jean-Dominique Bauby; Emmanuelle Seigner as Céline Desmoulins; Marie-Josée Croze as Henriette Durand; Anne Consigny as Claude; Patrick Chesnais as Dr. Lepage; Niels Arestrup as Roussin; Olatz López Garmendia as Marie Lopez; Jean-Pierre Cassel as Father Lucien

About The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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.

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