04-17-2008, 05:07 AM
I just saw "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (I prefer its real title: "Le scaphandre et le papillon") and it was excellent. Very sad though.
It's a true story about the former editor of Elle magazine who had a stroke and was completely paralyzed except for his left eye. Since he can't speak, he communicates by having someone read him the letters of the alphabet, and he blinks when they get to the one he wants. He writes an entire novel (the title is the same) this way.
I recommend it, unless you hate subtitles. (It's in French.)
It's a true story about the former editor of Elle magazine who had a stroke and was completely paralyzed except for his left eye. Since he can't speak, he communicates by having someone read him the letters of the alphabet, and he blinks when they get to the one he wants. He writes an entire novel (the title is the same) this way.
I recommend it, unless you hate subtitles. (It's in French.)