A riveting, acerbic, tremendously moving and visually arresting account of Jean-Dominque Bauby’s (former editor of French Elle) desperate struggle with sudden, devastating brain damage.
Adapted by contemporary painter and director Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, Before Night Falls) from Bauby’s international best-selling autobiography, the film explores the inner life of a man who goes from a life in the fast lane of Parisian society to being able to communicate solely through blinking his left eye.
The result is a beautiful, humbling and emotionally intense tale.
Starring Mathieu Amalric (The Singer) and Emmanuelle Seigner (La Vie En Rose).