Story about Le scaphandre et le papillon / The Diving Bell and the Butterfly / 潜水衣与蝴蝶 / 潜水钟与蝴蝶
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffer a stroke and has to live with an almos...
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffer a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
Forty-three year old Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby - Jean-Do to his friends - awaken 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 in tact, he quickly learn 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 Desmoulin, 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 letter of the alphabet in ...