Directed by Julian Schnabel Written by Ronald Harwood   Jean-Dominique Bauby   Cast Mathieu Amalric ... Jean-Do Emmanuelle Seigner ... Céline Marie-Josée Croze ... Henriette Roi Anne Consigny ... Claude Patrick Chesnais ... Le Docteur Lepage Niels Arestrup ... Roussin Olatz López Garmendia ... Marie Lopez Jean-Pierre Cassel ... Père Lucien et le Vendeur Marina Hands ... Joséphine Max von Sydow ... Papinou Gérard Watkins ... Le Docteur Cocheton Théo Sampaio ... Théophile Fiorella Campanella ... Céleste Talina Boyaci ... Hortense Isaach De Bankolé ... Laurent Emma de Caunes ... L'Impératrice Eugénie Jean-Philippe Écoffey ... Le Docteur Mercier et Nortier de Villefort Nicolas Le Riche ... Nijinski Anne Alvaro ... Betty Françoise Lebrun ... Madame Bauby Zinedine Soualem ... Joubert Georges Roche ... Fourneau Agathe de La Fontaine ... Inès Yves-Marie Coppin ... Le pêcheur François Delaive ... L'infirmier Franck Victor ... Paul Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre ... Diane (as Laure de Clermont) Virginie Delmotte ... L'infirmière Daniel Lapostolle ... Aide-soignant 1 Philippe Roux ... Aide-soignant 2 François Filloux ... L'infirmier de nuit Elvis Polanski ... Jean-Do enfant Cedric Brelet von Sydow ... Papinou jeune Sara Séguéla ... La paraplégique Lourdes Vasile Negru ... Le Violoniste Marie Meyer ... Mannequin Ilze Bajare ... Mannequin Anna Chyzh ... Mannequin Antoine Bréant ... Assistant Jean-Baptiste Mondino Azzedine Alaïa ... Self Michael Wincott ... Fashion Photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino ... Self Lenny Kravitz ... Self Farida Khelfa ... Self Produced by François-Xavier Decraene   Léonard Glowinski   David Greenbaum   Pierre Grunstein   Kathleen Kennedy   Jon Kilik   Jim Lemley   Original Music by Paul Cantelon

Additional Info Premiere: May 22, 2007 Theatrical Release: November 30, 2007 DVD Release: April 29, 2008 Countries: Distributor: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Websites: Alternate Titles Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon Production Companies Pathé Renn Productions France 3 Cinéma (co-production) The Kennedy/Marshall Company (in association with) C.R.R.A.V. Nord Pas de Calais (support) Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais (support) Canal+ (participation) CinéCinéma (participation) Banque Populaire Images 7 (in association with) Distributors Miramax   (2007) (USA) (theatrical) Echo Bridge Home Entertainment   (2011) (USA) (DVD) Miramax   (2008) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 8.0 / 10 Our Rating 7.0 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.4 / 10 Female Users 6.1 / 10 Site Ranking #1,545 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 3 total ratings Almost Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,541 Under The Dome: Season 1 (2013) #1,542 Under The Dome: Season 2 (2014) #1,543 Bedazzled (2000) #1,544 Enter The Dragon (1973) #1,545 The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (2007) #1,546 Four Rooms (1995) #1,547 Anaconda (1997) #1,548 Little Nicky (2000) #1,549 Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)