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After a debilitating stroke, a magazine editor becomes trapped in his own body, striving to communicate and share his story.
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On December 8, 1995, at the age of 43, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of ELLE Magazine, suffered from a stroke and fell into a coma. When Bauby awoke he found himself completely speechless and paralyzed. In Locked-In Syndrome, director Jean-Jacques Beineix follows Bauby's efforts to write The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, which was later adapted into a critically acclaimed film.
