StoryLine: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007 Forty three year old Elle magazine editor Jean Dominique Bauby Jean Do to his friends awakens not knowing where he is He is in a Berck sur Mer hospital, where he has been for the past several weeks in a coma after suffering a massive stroke Although his cognitive facilities are intact, he quickly learns that he has what is called locked in syndrome which has resulted in him being almost completely paralyzed, including not being able to speak One of his few functioning muscles is his left eye His physical situation and hospitalization uncomfortably bring together the many people in his life, including Celine Desmoulins, his ex lover and mother of his children Ines, his current lover and his aged father who he calls Papinou Among his compassionate recuperative team are his physical therapist Marie, and his speech therapist Henriette Henriette eventually teaches him to communicate using a system where he spells out words she reads out the letters of the alphabet in descending order of their use in the French language, and he blinks his functioning left eye when she reaches the appropriate letter Although frustrating at start, he learns to communicate effectively but slowly using this method, so much so that with the help of Claude, a full time translator, he decides on the monumental and seemingly impossible task to keep to his pre injury commitment of writing a book, changing its focus to life in his current state
The Designated Victim (1971)
A disillusioned advertising executive in an unhappy marriage is trapped by a sociopathic Count in a bizarre plot to kill each others relatives
Garfield on the Town (1983)
Garfield escapes from the car on a trip to the vet and finds the place where he grew up
Everything You Want (2005)
A visionary and artistic young woman finds her love torn between her imaginary boyfriend and a real boy from one of her classes
The Man Without a Map (1968)
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife Contradictory evidence and the lack of clues soon render the case as virtually unsolvable, as the detective grows more and more frustrated
Laguna Ave (2021)
A disaffected former musician with a prosthetic hand is drawn into the mysterious and sinister world of his downstairs neighbor
Lost for Words (2013)
Lost For Words delves into the experiences of Charles Dickens as he attempts to deal with his grief and loneliness after the loss of his sister in law Mary Visited nightly by her haunting
Commitment (2013)
The son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his fathers footsteps to protect his little sister
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
King Henry VIII marries five more times after his divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon
The Venture Bros Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2
Docs latest invention will either bankrupt the Ventures or launch them to new heights
Underground (1976)
Its the mid 1970s and the Weather Underground Organization WUO, a radical and violent offshoot of the Students for a Democratic Society, explains to leftist filmmakers the difficulties and experiences of being underground and wa
My Brothers Name Is Robert and He Is an Idiot (2018)
Robert and Elena are twins entangled in a tale of puberty, philosophy and sexuality
Camera (2024)
Follows nine year old Oscar, a non verbal child who struggles to fit in, as he meets Eric, a kind repair shop owner, and become unlikely friends after being brought together by a damaged film format camera
Frank and Cindy (2015)
G J Echternkamp tells the story of his relationship with his parents his mother, Cindy Russo, and his step father, Frank Platt Frank used to be a member of OXO, a band from the 80s whose one hit wonder scored with the song W