It’s a deep, strong and moving story narrated and seen from the eyes of Jean-Dominique Bauby, the main character, who suffers from a lock-in syndrome after a stroke attack. He is almost completely paralyzed but he can hear, understand and think normally. You can feel how Jean-Do grieves and screams inside but you’ll find it very comforting that he still laughs even if no sound comes out of his mouth and that he’s pissed when somebody blocks his view of the television. His “phone conversation” with his dad conveyed the film’s strongest feelings quite flawlessly. The film progresses as he writes his story with blinks of his left eye. It presents many realities — the value of time, family and feelings; of hope and strength; of sanity. It appears depressing at first but this helped deliver an extraordinary and an even more elating experience in the end.
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