The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007 123movies

Watch: Le scaphandre et le papillon 2007 123movies, Full Movie Online – Forty-three year old Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby – Jean-Do to his friends – awakens not knowing where he is. He is in a Berck-sur-Mer hospital, where he has been for the past several weeks in a coma after suffering a massive stroke. Although his cognitive facilities are intact, he quickly learns that he has what is called locked-in syndrome which has resulted in him being almost completely paralyzed, including not being able to speak. One of his few functioning muscles is his left eye. His physical situation and hospitalization uncomfortably bring together the many people in his life, including: Céline Desmoulins, his ex-lover and mother of his children; Inès, his current lover; and his aged father who he calls Papinou. Among his compassionate recuperative team are his physical therapist Marie, and his speech therapist Henriette. Henriette eventually teaches him to communicate using a system where he spells out words: she reads out the letters of the alphabet in descending order of their use in the French language, and he blinks his functioning left eye when she reaches the appropriate letter. Although frustrating at start, he learns to communicate effectively but slowly using this method, so much so that with the help of Claude, a full time translator, he decides on the monumental and seemingly impossible task to keep to his pre-injury commitment of writing a book, changing its focus to life in his current state..
Plot: The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he’d only visited in his mind.
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	8.0/10 Votes: 108,023
	94% | RottenTomatoes
	92/100 | MetaCritic
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Reviews:

Cinematic Art achieved
One of the best films in years, and in artistic cinematic terms, one of the best films I’ve ever seen. That’s a heavy statement to make, but off the top of my head, I cannot think of another film that explores the inner workings of a character so intimately and believably, while blending cinematography, sound effects, and musical score in such harmony — but in a fashion we (as American’s at least) are not trained to enjoy. I felt the French influence strongly cinematically and, of course in the dialogue, but the writing and acting was so fluid it felt like the subtitles weren’t even there.

The film deals with a rare physical condition, and I was physically there with the character from start to finish. I felt each moment as if it were my own. That is a rare accomplishment in cinema. Julian Schnabel directed a stellar cast. Mathieu Amalric was unusually charming as Jean-Dominique Bauby, and Max Von Sydow was heartbreaking as his lonely widower father. The female leads were all equally impressive as they were beautiful. I don not mean to generalize them, but they were all so excellent that they blend seamlessly in my mind, in terms of performance.

Overall, this film was as pure a cinematic experience as I’ve witnessed in a long time. A true artist turns out a film that is truly a piece of art. Julian Schnabel takes his time in between films, but with work like this, there’s no need to rush. Like a good painting, one can enjoy it for a lifetime.

A syndrome that’s more like a nightmare
Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007), directed by Julian Schnabel, was shown in the U.S. with the title, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.” The film is based on a book written by Jean-Dominique Bauby, who had led a charmed life. He was editor of the magazine Elle, had three lovely children by his former common-law wife, and now has a young and beautiful mistress. Then disaster strikes. Bauby has a stroke that leaves his body almost totally immobilized, and his higher functions intact. He can think, dream, imagine, create, but he can’t move. Actually–as is often the case with this medical condition–he can move his eyelids. In order to communicate, he is taught to blink when someone recites the proper letter. In that way he spells out words, tediously, letter by letter. Believe it or not, he is able to dictate an entire book in that way.

The acting in the film is extraordinary. I have nothing but respect for Mathieu Amalric who played the protagonist. Imagine having to spend an entire film–except for occasional flashbacks–communicating with the audience by blinking one eye! Emmanuelle Seigner was excellent as Céline Desmoulins, the mother of Bauby’s children, and Marie-Josée Croze was very good as Henriette Durand, Bauby’s therapist. Max von Sydow plays Bauby’s father. What a great actor von Sydow is, and what a career he has had!

The problem with the film for me was that Bauby is not really someone I would choose for a friend. In fact, I think that if I had known him before his illness, I would have disliked him and avoided him. And, amazingly enough, during the course of the movie he is able to commit an act of true emotional cruelty. His condition–“locked-in syndrome”– is so terrible that you can’t be anything but sympathetic. Even so, the movie would have meant more to me if the pre-illness Bauby had been a caring, loving individual, rather than a selfish, egotistical one.

Other Information:

Original Language fr
Runtime 1 hr 52 min (112 min)
Budget 14000020
Revenue 19777647
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Biography, Drama
Director Julian Schnabel
Writer Ronald Harwood, Jean-Dominique Bauby
Actors Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze
Country France, United States
Awards Nominated for 4 Oscars. 68 wins & 107 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arriflex 435, Zeiss Super Speed, Arri Shift & Tilt and Lensbaby Lenses
Laboratory Laboratoires Éclair, Paris, France
Film Length 3,054 m (Portugal)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision 500T 5279, Fuji Eterna 250D 8563)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format) (some scenes), Spherical (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Fuji Eterna-CP 3513DI)