'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' triggers emotion in Cannes

Fernand Denis, special correspondent for Cannes, has been bowled over by 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' by Julian Schnabel. The film is based on the book by Jean-Dominique Bauby, a journalist paralysed by a vascular accident who used his left eyelid to communicate and dictate. "Julian Schnabel portrays the author and his work, paradoxically effacing the extraordinary dimension, without sensationalising the exploit, without glorifying the author's strength of character. It is something else that interests him. What is a human ? This immobile man with only his left eye still able to move. Is this still a man or, as some consider, a vegetable ? ... A man is a point of view. Schnabel shows the point of view of man in a diving bell, trapped in solitude, engaged in a sincere dialogue with himself."

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