La escafandra y la mariposa

Fra første klip er filmen en sublim indføring i en rask og rørig mands liv indespærret i en død krop.

A poignant reflection on what it means to be alive and, visually, a true cinematic experience.

...sleepy, drifty, at times morbidly funny film...

...painter/sculptor/director Schnabel (Basquiat, Before Night Falls) defies dozens of moviemaking conventions to tell the true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby.

At the end we are left with the reflection that human consciousness is the great miracle of evolution, and all the rest (sight, sound, taste, hearing, smell, touch) are simply a toolbox that consciousness has supplied for itself.