When was the last time a movie change
the way you look at life?
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 those few bewildering
moments, his life was forever changed. After lapsing into a coma,
Bauby awoke 20 days later to find himself the victim of a rare
locked-in syndrome - being mentally alert but permanently deprived
of movement and speech. Refusing to accept his fate, Bauby
endeavored to escape the imprisonment of his diving bell and set
the butterflies within his dreams and imagination, free. However,
the only way he could express his thoughts and feelings, was by the
blinking of his left eye. This sole movement is relied upon to
signal codes representing letters of the alphabet, a system which
became his sole means of communication. Slowly -painstakingly-
letters, words, sentences, paragraphs and finally an affecting and
life-affirming memoir emerged.
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
BEST FEATURE (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) - BEST DIRECTOR
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION - BEST SCREENPLAY
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL ~ BEST DIRECTOR
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Film sneaks on 23 Jan 2008 and
opens 24 Jan 2008.
