Forty-three year old Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby - Jean-Do to his friends - awakens 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 intact, he quickly learns 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 Desmoulins, 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 letters of the alphabet in descending order of their use in the French language, and he blinks his functioning left eye when she reaches the appropriate letter.
Although frustrating at start, he learns to communicate effectively but slowly using this method, so much so that with the help of Claude, a full time translator, he decides on the monumental and seemingly impossible task to keep to his pre-injury commitment of writing a book, changing its focus to life in his current state.
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O Escafandro e a Borboleta
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Theme for The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
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Paul Cantelon:
Compositor
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La Mer
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Chains of Love
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The Dirtbombs:
Performer
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Napoli milionaria
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Carlo Savina:
(Nino Rota) conduzido
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All The World Is Green
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Tom Waits:
Performer
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Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
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U2:
Performer
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Pale Blue Eyes
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The Velvet Underground:
Performer
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Les Quatre Cents Coups
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Jean Constantin:
Performer
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Ramshackle Day Parade
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros:
Performer
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Green Grass
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Tom Waits:
Performer
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Honey Pie
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The Beatles:
(sem créditos)
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Pauvre Petite Fille Riche
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Je Chante sous la Pluie
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"La Mer" - Charles Trenet
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Paul Cantelon:
Performer
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"Chains of Love" - The Dirtbombs
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Paul Cantelon:
Performer
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"All the World is Green" - Tom Waits
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Paul Cantelon:
Performer
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"Ultra Violet (Light My Way)" - U2
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Paul Cantelon:
Performer
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"Don't Kiss Me Goodbye" - Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle
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Paul Cantelon:
Performer
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"Pale Blue Eyes" - The Velvet Underground
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Paul Cantelon:
Performer
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"Ramshackle Day Parade" - Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
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Paul Cantelon:
Performer
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Theme for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
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Paul Cantelon:
Performer
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