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IZGNANIE

Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV

Country : Russia

LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON
In Competition - Feature Films

LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON

Directed by : Julian SCHNABEL

Year of production : 2007 Country : FRANCE Length : 112 minutes

Award for Best Director , 2007

Vulcain Prize for an artist technician, awarded by the C.S.T. , 2007

Synopsis

At 43, Jean-Dominique Bauby, the rakishly successful and charismatic editor in chief of French Elle was a man defined by his passion for life. On December 1995, he suffered a massive stroke and his brain stem was rendered inactive. In these few bewildering moments, his life was forever changed. After lapsing into a coma, he awoke 20 days later to find himself the victim of a rare locked-in syndrome - mentally alert but permanently deprived of movement and speech.
Refusing to accept his fate, Bauby determined to escape the paralysis of his diving bell and free the butterflies of his dreams and imagination. The only way he could express his frustration, however, was by moving his left eye. These movements and blinking a code representing letters of the alphabet became his sole means of com

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Credits

Julian SCHNABEL - Director

Ronald HARWOOD - Script / Dialogue

Janusz KAMINSKI - Cinematography

Laurent OTT - Set decorator

Juliette WELFLING - Film Editor

Paul CANTENON - Music

Jean-Paul MUGEL - Sound

Casting

Olatz LOPEZ GARMENDIA - Marie Lopez

Marie-Josée CROZE

Mathieu AMALRIC - Jean-Do

Anne CONSIGNY - Claude

Emmanuelle SEIGNER - Celine Desmoulins

Niels ARESTRUP - Roussin

Patrick CHESNAIS - Docteur Lepage

Film poster © DR

Contacts

Production

PATHE RENN PRODUCTION - 10, RUE LINCOLN 75008 PARIS - T: +33 (0)1 40 76 94 32


FRANCE 3 CINEMA - FRANCE


CRRAV - FRANCE


Distribution

PATHÉ FILMS - FRANCE - T: 33 0612732313 - www.pathefilms.com
- natasha.maximov@pathe.com


French press

MOTEUR ! DOMINIQUE SEGALL - T: +33 (0)1 42 56 95 95
ASTRID GAVARD - 06 09 68 29 97 - moteur@maiko.fr


International press

PREMIER PR - UNITED KINGDOM - T: +44 207 292 8342 - www.premierpr.com
LIZ MILLER - liz.miller@premierpr.com


International sales

PATHE DISTRIBUTION LTD - T: +44 20 7462 4427
- mike.runagall@pathe-uk.com


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