Locked-In Syndrome

Locked-In Syndrome

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 14, 1997

Runtime

0h 27m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

72%

Original Title

Assigné à résidence

Production Companies

BBC, Cargo Films

Director

Jean-Jacques Beineix

Description

On December 8, 1995, at the age of 43, Jean-Dominque Bauby, editor-in-chief of ELLE Magazine, suffered from a stroke and fell into a coma. When Bauby awoke he found himself completely speechless and paralyzed. In Locked-In Syndrome, director Jean-Jacques Beiniex follows Bauby's efforts to write The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, which was later adapted into a critically acclaimed film.