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By Jurgen Fauth & Marcy Dermansky, About.com Guides to Independent Film since 1999

Review: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Monday December 3, 2007

Julian Schnabel's unorthodox biopic tells the true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), the editor of the French Elle Magazine who suffered a stroke and was paralyzed by the inexplicable "locked in" syndrome at the age of 43 but went on, letter by letter, to write the story of his life. After recovering from her initial horror, Marcy was able to almost enjoy the experience of watching this discomfiting, but wholly unique, visually gorgeous narrative. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is playing in theaters now.

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