The original title of the film is Le Scaphandre et le Papillon.
I think the most amazing aspect of this film is that it doesn't feel like something made for the Hallmark Channel. Yes, the story itself is sad (there are numerous times where I said "I would want to be shot if I were him") but the movie doesn't bring you down. Conversely it also isn't necessarily uplifting - sure, the guy pulled himself up out of his sadness and got to the point where he could write a book but I don't think that point of the movie was to make everyone else feel better about their lives. We did see his transition from the depths of despair to a point where he could survive from one day to the next. He never did seem to lose his sense of humor either - he still had certain feelings (particularly around the attractive females in the movie). In the end it was a fascinating (and often funny) look at how it might feel to be trapped in your body. I could not imagine telling the story any better than it was told.
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So hard to watch such a depressing and motivating at the same time story.7.3/10
What I thought while I watched this film was that this directer understands fetishism which men have. It is inexplicably attractive that a French woman says French alphabet repeatedly in front of me when I cannot move my body. Otherwise, legs which can be seen from a skirt, a woman moves her tongue in front of me. I dream of suffering from "locked-in syndrome" if I can experience them, but it seems to happen only in a film. I can imagine how it is hard actually. However, surprisingly, this film was made based on a real story.
Not perfect, but sometimes tragically beautiful.
What an amazing story. The amount of patience it would require to blink your way through the alphabet is just too much.
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The most beautifully depressing movie i've ever cried while watching. Yes, i did say that right.