caught The Diving bell and the Butterfly yesterday night and the story, the movie have been replaying in my head since

The film is base on a memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby, the editor-in-chief of french Elle magazine. At age 42 Bauby, a man who loved life with a passion woke up after a stroke to find himself lock in a body that is paralyze from head to toe. His brain is intact, while one eye is sew shut to prevent from drying, he is left to communicate by blinking his one good eye.

The memoir was completed with him blinking when the correct letter was reached by his translator, who slowly recite the alphabet over and over. Its not in a blink but 200,000 blinks that Bauby gave us this beautiful, gut-wrenching story that till now had got me into emo trips. I can't believe the extrodinary will it took him to finish.

The title The Diving Bell and The Buttferfly came because Bauby feels like a man trapped in a diving suit that keep sinking, yet he says there are two things not paralysed --- "my imagination and my memory " (my fav and most memorable part of the movie, hence the butterfly of the title)

Loved that the film is not filled with the usual hollywood cliche's self pity and sentiment, instead Bauby was filmed with a quiet dignity. There is witty humour throughout and colorful montages filled with things he loves as well as his imagination. The director had turn self pity into joy as a tribute to the unbreakable spirit Bauby carried with him till the very last breath.

nevertheless i cried...

im just freaking damn touched



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