Summary

Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.

Release Date

23 May 2007

Production Companies

Pathé Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Production Countries

France, United States of America