The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon) + Discussion (12A)

Jean-Dominique Bauby, the vivacious editor of French fashion bible Elle, suffers a stroke and wakes from a coma to find he is “locked-in” his paralysed body. His only means of communication is by blinking his one good eye. A caring speech therapist works closely with Bauby to develop a crude yet effective system of eye movements to dictate sentences one letter at a time.