CLOSING NIGHT FILM –

LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLION
Director: Julian Schnabel
Country: France
Year: 2007
Runtime: 112 minutes
French and English
with English subtitles

Showtime: Tuesday, October 9 at 8:15pm

Arizona Premiere, Special Advance Screening

Awards: Cannes Film Festival - Best Director/Technical Grand Prize

THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY is the remarkable true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), a successful and charismatic editor-in-chief of French Elle, who believes he is living his life to its absolute fullest when a sudden stroke leaves him in a life-altered state. While the physical challenges of Bauby's fate leave him with little hope for the future, he begins to discover how his life's passions, his rich memories and his newfound imagination can help him achieve a life without boundaries.

Principal Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner

Producers: Kathleen Kennedy and Jon Kilik
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminskin
Editor: Juliette Welfling
Music: Paul Cantenon

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