The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (24 Jan 2008)
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When was the last time a movie change the way you look at life?
Synopsis:
At 43, Jean-Dominique Bauby, the rakishly successful and charismatic editor-in-chief of French Elle was a man defined by his passion for life. On December 1995, he suffered a massive stroke and his brain stem was rendered inactive. In those few bewildering moments, his life was forever changed. After lapsing into a coma, Bauby awoke 20 days later to find himself the victim of a rare locked-in syndrome - being mentally alert but permanently deprived of movement and speech. Refusing to accept his fate, Bauby endeavored to escape the imprisonment of his diving bell and set the butterflies within his dreams and imagination, free. However, the only way he could express his thoughts and feelings, was by the blinking of his left eye. This sole movement is relied upon to signal codes representing letters of the alphabet, a system which became his sole means of communication. Slowly -painstakingly- letters, words, sentences, paragraphs and finally an affecting and life-affirming memoir emerged.
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
BEST FEATURE (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) - BEST DIRECTOR
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION - BEST SCREENPLAY
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL ~ BEST DIRECTOR
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Film sneaks on 23 Jan 2008 and opens 24 Jan 2008. -
This is a must watch. Read the review, ain't seen a full blown rating on IGN for a long time now.
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I can't imagine myself being stuck and trapped in my own body, where it becomes a prison cell. Unable to move about freely having lost all my psycho-motor skills, with muscles refusing to obey my mental will, and being robbed of all ability to communicate, save for the movement of an eye and an eyelid. You want to scream and tell everyone of the pain you're suffering from, and you yearn to respond normally to questions and interact plainly with people. You try, but you just can't.
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wow interesting story...
has it come out in singapore already?
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Originally posted by rainee:
wow interesting story...
has it come out in singapore already?
Yes, rainee jie, in Vivocity GV.