The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Scaphandre et le papillon, Le)
Dir: Julian Schnabel | France / USA | 2007 | 112 mins
A riveting, sometimes acerbic, frequently moving and always visually arresting true account of, Jean-Dominque Bauby, editor of French Elle, struggle with sudden and devastating brain damage. Adapted by contemporary painter and director Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, Before Night Falls) from Bauby's international best-selling autobiography, this was one of the hot tickets at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The film ambitiously seeks to express the inner life of a man reduced from living in the fast lane at the very heart of Parisian Society to being able to communicate solely through blinking his left eye. Starring Mathieu Amalric (The Singer) and Emmanuelle Seigner (La Vie En Rose).
Distributor: Pathé Distribution
35mm bookings | Carol McKay | 020 7323 5151
DVD bookings | Filmbank | 020 7984 5950 | www.filmbank.co.uk
Theatrical Release date | 7 February 2008
Official website | www.ywyfilm.com
Saturday 3 November, 13.30 | Broadway 3
Monday 5 November, 10.00 | Broadway 2
