The Diving Bell and The Butterfly.

What is life without a body? The Diving Bell and the Butterfly tells a captivating tale about a man,after having a stroke, is imprisoned within his own body. The semi-autobiographic film depicts what the real meaning of life is...interactions with others. Told through glimpses of first and third person narration, the film tells a story of redemption that can be found within suffer. The beginning of the film is told through the eye of Jean-do and him going through the steps that one must undergo, both physically and mentally, after being paralyzed. There is a very strong sense of humanity that is reviled as his narration takes place during the beginning of the movie but the images on the screen help tell the story in his recollection.

As the story progresses, he learns how to speak by his speech therapist through the only working body part that he possesses: his eye. Later in the film, the story takes a shift from the mind of Jean-do and can see the story from others interactions with him. To help understand the characters better, flashbacks occur from before the stoke took place. One of the two core themes are: the book that he is writing and the long process that he must undergo to achieve it and the life and relationships he used to have. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is able to demonstrate the desire one has to understanding self and what they were and what they will become.