The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
aka Le scaphandre et le papillon
Director: Julian Schnabel. Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Emmanuelle Seigner, Olatz López Garmendia, Marina Hands, Isaach De Bankolé, Max von Sydow, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Gérard Watkins, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Emma de Caunes, Agathe de La Fontaine, Théo Sampaio, Fiorella Campanella, Talina Boyaci. Screenplay: Ronald Harwood (based on the memoir by Jean-Dominique Bauby).

Photo © 2007 FaceFilm/IFC First Take
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B

Academy Award Nominations:
Best Director: Julian Schnabel
Best Adapted Screenplay: Ron Harwood
Best Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski
Best Film Editing: Juliette Welfling

Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
★Best Director: Julian Schnabel
Best Screenplay: Ronald Harwood
★Best Foreign Language Film

Other Awards:
Cannes Film Festival: Best Director; Technical Grand Prize (Janusz Kaminski)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Cinematography (Kaminski)
Boston Society of Film Critics: Best Director; Best Cinematography (Kaminski); Best Foreign Language Film
National Board of Review: Best Foreign Language Film
Satellite Awards: Best Cinematography (Kaminski)
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