Drama, History
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.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Piano Teacher
Elephant
The Rules of Attraction
Misery
Above Dark Waters
Murder, My Sweet
The Snow White Murder Case
Don Juan DeMarco
Ask the Dust
1984
The Edge of Heaven
Secret Sunshine
Days of Glory
The Patriot
The Lake House
Mr. Holland's Opus
Original Sin
Lords of Chaos
The Hotelman's Holiday
The Perfect Storm
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IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 2001
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IMDB 7 | Sep , 2003
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IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 2002
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IMDB 7.7 | Nov , 1990
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IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2013
A ravishing story about little Pete and his survival and growth in the gray area between love and fear.Murder, My Sweet
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1944
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IMDB 6.4 | Mar , 2014
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IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 1994
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IMDB 5.4 | Feb , 2006
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IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1956
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IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2007
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IMDB 7.2 | May , 2007
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IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2006
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IMDB 7.2 | Jun , 2000
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IMDB 7 | Jun , 2006
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IMDB 7 | Dec , 1995
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IMDB 6.1 | May , 2001
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IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2018
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 1958
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IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 2000
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