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.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly was released in 2007 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 742 reviews, giving The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) an average rating of 84%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 85% and users giving an average score of 86%.
With a score of 84%, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2007, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2007 with similar scores include films like There Will Be Blood and No End in Sight.
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