The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his complete physique, besides his left eye. Utilizing that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the points of his inside world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his physique to his imagined tales from lands he’d solely visited in his thoughts.