Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.
Cast
Mathieu Amalric
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Emmanuelle Seigner
Céline Desmoulins
Marie-Josée Croze
Henriette Durand
Anne Consigny
Claude
Patrick Chesnais
Dr. Lepage
Niels Arestrup
Roussin
Olatz López Garmendia
Marie Lopez
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Father Lucien
Marina Hands
Joséphine
Max von Sydow
Papinou
Isaach de Bankolé
Laurent
Emma de Caunes
Empress Eugenia
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Doctor Mercier
Gérard Watkins
Doctor Cocheton
Nicolas Le Riche
Ninjinski
Théo Sampaio
Théophile
Fiorella Campanella
Céleste
Talina Boyaci
Hortense
Anne Alvaro
Betty
Françoise Lebrun
Madame Bauby
Zinedine Soualem
Joubert
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Diane
Agathe de La Fontaine
Inès
Marie Meyer
Mannequin
Ilze Bajare
Mannequin
Anna Chyzh
Mannequin
Lenny Kravitz
Himself
Michael Wincott
Fashion Photographer
Crew
Marion Gervais
Child Wrangler
Julian Schnabel
Director, Music Supervisor, Title Designer
Ronald Harwood
Screenplay
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Book
Juliette Welfling
Editor
Margot Meynier
Assistant Editor
Janusz Kamiński
Director of Photography
Roland Savoye
Underwater Director of Photography
Stéphane Gluck
First Assistant Director
Mathilde Cavillan
Second Assistant Director
Pierre Grunstein
Executive Producer
Jim Lemley
Executive Producer
Jon Kilik
Producer
Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
Léonard Glowinski
Associate Producer
François-Xavier Decraene
Line Producer
Michel Eric
Production Designer
Laurent Ott
Production Designer
Berto
Camera Operator
Olivier Fortin
First Assistant Camera
Steeven Petitteville
First Assistant Camera
Benoît Pain
Second Assistant Camera
Adrien Debackere
Second Assistant Camera
Jörg Widmer
Steadicam Operator
Virginia Anderson
Post Production Supervisor
Laurent Soulet
Casting Director
Rachel Berger
Casting Assistant
Sana El Ghoul
Casting Assistant
Jérôme Sacerdot
Casting Assistant
Gérard Moulévrier
Casting
Camille Janbon
Assistant Costume Designer
Olivier Bériot
Costume Design
Daniella Telle
Costumer
Camille Joste
Costumer
Myriam Hottois
Makeup Department Head
Florence Batteault
Makeup Artist
Sandrine Cirilli
Makeup Artist
Chloé Van Lierde
Makeup Artist
Elizabeth Delesalle
Makeup Artist
Francis Wargnier
Sound Designer
Dominique Gaborieau
Sound Designer
Yves-Marie Omnes
Sound Assistant
Jean-Paul Mugel
Sound Engineer
Paul Cantelon
Original Music Composer
Pascal Morisset
Underwater Camera
Michel Revest
Underwater Camera
Alexia Crisp-Jones
On Set Dresser
Lucia Lefebvre
On Set Dresser
Sylvie Néant
On Set Dresser
Étienne George
Still Photographer
Arnaud Bisselbach
Driver
Hélène Millet
Driver
Eric Travers
Business Affairs Coordinator
Lucie Wagner
Assistant Director Trainee
Sébastien Marziniak
Assistant Director Trainee
Myriam Raufmann
Controller
Vincent Tulasne
Video Assist Operator
Olivier Jacob
Production Manager
Gwenael Camuzard
Production Manager, Unit Manager
Vincent Lefeuvre
Production Manager
Emmanuel Mathieu
Production Manager
Logan Lelièvre
Assistant Unit Manager
David Thooris
Assistant Unit Manager
Sebastien Cosset
Assistant Unit Manager
Julien Minet
Assistant Unit Manager
Sébastien Coulet
Assistant Unit Manager
Laurent Platiau
Assistant Unit Manager
Delphine Brunet
Assistant Unit Manager
Olgierd Hordierjuk-zaniewicki
Assistant Unit Manager
Virginia Bernard
Assistant Unit Manager
Xavier Champagnac
Assistant Unit Manager
Maud Hubert
Assistant Unit Manager
Mathieu Desouches
Assistant Unit Manager
Jean-Patrick Nourricier
Assistant Unit Manager
Thierry Leveque
Assistant Unit Manager
Julien Linières
Assistant Unit Manager
Emilie Larribaut-Guinguene
Assistant Unit Manager
Deborah Dours
Assistant Unit Manager
Octane D'Hont
Assistant Unit Manager
Anne-Claire Loridant
Assistant Unit Manager
Aurore Diot-Cods
Assistant Unit Manager
Olivier Ballard
Assistant Unit Manager
Valéry Boutelière
Assistant Unit Manager
Sylvie Coen
Legal Services
Amélie Dibon
Production Secretary
