On December 8, 1995, at the age of 43, Jean-Dominque Bauby, editor-in-chief of ELLE Magazine, suffered from a stroke and fell into a coma. When Bauby awoke he found himself completely speechless and paralyzed. In Locked-In Syndrome, director Jean-Jacques Beiniex follows Bauby's efforts to write The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, which was later adapted into a critically acclaimed film.

• DirectorJean-Jacques Beineix
• Release14 March 1997
• GenreDocumentary
• Duration0h 27m
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  7.2
  4 reviews
• Productions

  BBC, Cargo Films