Science in the Cinema - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Date: Wed, July 16th 2008
Additional Time Info: 7:00 p.m.
External Link: Event Website
Related Series: Science in the Cinema - Free Film Series
Event Tags: The Movies
Location: AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le papillon)
Date:	July 16
Time:	7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Location:	AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Silver Spring, MD
Guest Speaker:	Lana Shekim, Ph.D., Program Director, Speech/Voice, Division of Scientific Programs, and Allen R. Braun, M.D., Chief, Language Section, Voice, Speech, and Language Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health
Medical Theme:	Locked-in Syndrome

	NOTE: *Filmed in French -- will be shown with English subtitles* In 1995, author and Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered a stroke that put him in a coma; he awakened mute and completely paralyzed. Mathieu Amalric stars in this adaptation of Bauby's autobiography, which he dictated by blinking. Julian Schnabel was nominated for the 2008 Best Director Oscar and won the Golden Globe in the same category for his poignant film about the strength of the human spirit.

	Starring:	Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz Lopez Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max von Sydow, Isaach De Bankole, Emma de Caunes, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Gerard Watkins, Nicolas Le Riche
	Genre:	Biography/Drama
	Year:	2007
	Run Time:	1 hour, 52 minutes
	Rating:	Rated Rated PG-13 for nudity, sexual content and some language.