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Based on "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", written by Bauby following an accident in December 1995, which left him suffering from locked-in syndrome. Completely paralysed, unable to move, eat, talk or breathe without assistance, the editor-in-chief of Elle magazine dictates letter by letter through the flattering of the eyelashes of his left eye, a type of stationary travel log.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

San Sebastián International Film Festival 2007
Zabaltegi Pearls
Award to the European Film
Festival de Cannes 2007
Competition
Award for Best Director (Julian Schnabel) / Vulcain Prize for an Artist Technician, awarded by the C.S.T. (Janusz Kaminski)

César 2008
Best Actor Award (Mathieu Amalric)
Best Editing Award
BAFTA Awards 2008
Best Adapted Screenplay Award
Golden Globe Awards 2008
Best Foreign Language Film Award
Best Director Award