MOVIES AT THE TCA
"The Diving Bell and The Butterfly"
Sunday, April 6 at 2 p.m.
Monday, and Tuesday, April 7 & 8 at 7 p.m.
The film triumphs because of its honesty and its refusal to allow the character to wallow in self-pity. Director Julian Schnabel wanted the film to act as this is a special motion picture that achieves its higher agenda of doing much more than idly plucking at a few heartstrings.
James Berardinelli , Reel Views
Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
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Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 112 mins.
Language: French
Country: France
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