Scaphandre Et Le Papillon Le The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

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00:00:46 THE DIVING BELL
00:02:35 Look! He's waking up.
00:02:37 Page Dr. Cocheton, quick!
00:02:38 Dr. Cocheton to room 1 1 9.
00:02:40 Mr. Bauby, keep your eyes open.
00:02:43 Keep your eyes open.
00:02:45 Mr. Bauby, keep your eyes open.
00:02:49 You're waking from a long sleep.
00:02:52 Can you hear me?
00:02:53 I hear you.
00:02:59 What's going on?
00:03:04 God, a hospital.
00:03:09 Open your eyes wide.
00:03:13 Try to keep them open.
00:03:15 That's it. Good.
00:03:17 Now follow the light.
00:03:26 That's it.
00:03:29 Don't be afraid.
00:03:32 You're in a hospital.
00:03:34 I'm a doctor. My name's Cocheton.
00:03:38 These are orderlies.
00:03:40 We're here to take care of you.
00:03:43 Do you remember what happened?
00:03:48 -Vaguely.
00:03:50 Like I said, vaguely. Images...
00:04:00 You're in the Naval Hospital
00:04:03 on the coast, near Calais.
00:04:06 You were treated in Paris
00:04:10 Do you remember?
00:04:14 Jean-Dominique.
00:04:17 You've had a stroke.
00:04:18 You were in a coma
00:04:22 But now you're waking up,
00:04:27 I promise.
00:04:30 Thanks.
00:04:31 I need to do a few tests.
00:04:34 Keep your eyes on me.
00:04:38 That's it.
00:04:41 Follow my finger.
00:04:42 That's it.
00:04:49 When I say blink...
00:04:52 Blink, please.
00:05:00 Very good!
00:05:03 Now, try saying your name.
00:05:08 Jean-Dominique Bauby.
00:05:09 Go on, try.
00:05:11 -I just did.
00:05:14 Tell me your name.
00:05:15 Jean-Dominique Bauby.
00:05:17 Try to say your children's names.
00:05:23 Théophile, Céleste, Hortense.
00:05:29 Don't worry.
00:05:32 It's a very slow process.
00:05:35 But your speech will come back.
00:05:37 What?
00:05:38 Can't you hear me? Doctor!
00:05:42 What's going on?
00:05:43 I can't speak?
00:05:45 They can't hear me.
00:05:47 My God!
00:05:49 I can't speak?
00:05:52 What's happened to me?
00:05:56 My name is Jean-Dominique Bauby.
00:05:59 Doctor!
00:06:02 Okay...
00:06:04 I've had a stroke. My speech
00:06:08 You'll be okay, Mr. Bauby.
00:06:10 -It'll be okay.
00:06:14 I'll be patient.
00:06:16 Okay.
00:06:19 Okay, I believe you.
00:06:33 Who brought those flowers?
00:06:37 Roses.
00:06:55 Inès!
00:07:10 Did you sleep well?
00:07:15 Let's see, now.
00:07:29 You have an important visit
00:07:31 Dr. Lepage, the neurologist.
00:08:03 Morning.
00:08:06 I'm Alain Lepage, your neurologist.
00:08:09 Jean-Dominique...
00:08:11 No, your friends call you Jean-Do,
00:08:13 so that's what I'll call you.
00:08:16 Just be a doctor.
00:08:18 As a friend,
00:08:25 And I know no one
00:08:27 That's my job.
00:08:29 That's my job.
00:08:32 You've had what we call
00:08:38 It's put your brain stem out of action.
00:08:41 The brain stem is
00:08:44 a vital part of our internal computer
00:08:47 that links the brain and the spinal cord.
00:08:50 In the past, we'd have said
00:08:53 and you'd probably have died.
00:08:56 But now, resuscitation techniques
00:09:01 We can try...
00:09:02 I mean, we can prolong life.
00:09:06 This is life?
00:09:08 This is life?
00:09:10 Prolong life.
00:09:14 I won't mince words, Jean-Do.
00:09:21 As you have realized,
00:09:25 You can't speak.
00:09:28 You have what we call
00:09:33 Iocked-in syndrome.
00:09:37 Locked-in syndrome.
00:09:44 It won't comfort you to know
00:09:50 We simply don't know the cause.
00:09:53 You don't smoke, you don't drink much.
00:09:55 I'm afraid it's just one of those things.
00:09:58 But even so,
00:10:00 although you're physically paralyzed,
00:10:04 everything else seems normal.
00:10:07 -Normal?
00:10:11 Your brain is functioning.
00:10:15 You understand me,
00:10:18 Though I'm not thrilled about that eye.
00:10:25 The muscle's not working, see?
00:10:29 The eye's no longer irrigated.
00:10:33 I'm afraid we may have to occlude it.
00:10:37 Occlude?
00:10:39 Occlude what?
00:10:41 I'll get a second opinion.
00:10:46 So, I'd like you to rest up for a while.
00:10:50 -What else am I doing?
00:10:53 two beauties will visit you.
00:10:55 And when I say beauties,
00:10:59 -I mean it.
00:11:01 They're gorgeous.
00:11:02 Excellent therapists.
00:11:06 Please, no miracles.
00:11:07 Like I said, there's hope.
00:11:11 You already said that.
00:11:13 We'll take care of you, Jean-Do.
00:11:16 Great start.
00:11:17 We'll take care of you.
00:12:13 Hello!
00:12:22 Am I in heaven?
00:12:24 I'm Henriette.
00:12:25 I'm Marie.
00:12:27 You can blink, right?
00:12:30 Blink once for yes and twice for no.
00:12:34 Just my luck!
00:12:37 Can you read this?
00:12:40 Where?
00:12:41 "Durand, Speech Therapist. "
00:12:43 You see "Durand"?
00:12:45 -Good, Mr. Bauby.
00:12:47 I'm your physiotherapist.
00:12:49 First I must teach you to swallow,
00:12:51 so we'll work on your tongue and lips.
00:12:55 -Sounds fun.
00:12:58 We'll work on a way to communicate
00:13:03 Your case is very rare.
00:13:05 -So I heard.
00:13:09 Let's get started.
00:13:11 Exactly.
00:13:14 See you later.
00:13:17 See you later.
00:13:28 I just want to say
00:13:31 this is the most important job
00:13:35 I'm determined to succeed.
00:13:38 With your help, of course.
00:13:42 I think you understand, but
00:13:45 I'm going to ask you
00:13:48 Okay?
00:13:50 Remember. One blink, yes.
00:13:52 Two blinks, no.
00:13:58 Am I a man?
00:14:00 Am I a woman?
00:14:05 Does the sunlight bother you?
00:14:10 Is it midnight?
00:14:12 What are these questions?
00:14:14 Are we in Paris?
00:14:18 Are we in Berck?
00:14:20 Does wood float?
00:14:23 Come on!
00:14:25 Do you remember having a stroke?
00:14:29 Were you the editor of Elle?
00:14:32 Yes, I was the editor of Elle.
00:14:37 To Alaia's.
00:15:16 Your right eye's not good.
00:15:18 Can you hear me?
00:15:19 Your right eye is not good.
00:15:25 Sew it up?
00:15:26 It'll save
00:15:29 your cornea from going septic.
00:15:33 I just got back from skiing.
00:15:35 St. Moritz is superb at this time of year.
00:15:38 Screw that.
00:15:40 Nothing beats skiing down a trail
00:15:45 Get away from me!
00:15:47 -Don't be scared.
00:15:49 -You won't feel a thing.
00:15:52 To hell with that.
00:15:55 You won't feel a thing. Relax.
00:15:57 He's not going to close my eye...
00:15:59 Please don't.
00:16:04 I've done it 1,000 times.
00:16:08 Pretty clean.
00:16:19 Don't worry...
00:16:21 Almost done. A couple more stitches.
00:16:25 Good job...
00:16:27 Even if I say so myself.
00:16:29 All done.
00:16:39 We'll dress you. It'll cheer you up.
00:16:44 And then a surprise for you.
00:17:13 Let's try the wheelchair.
00:17:15 Here we go...
00:17:21 There.
00:17:24 Wheel him back and forth.
00:17:30 And back...
00:17:31 Pay no attention to them,
00:17:34 I want to be sure that he can sit
00:17:40 He needs a headrest.
00:17:41 Sorry to inflict this on you, Jean-Do.
00:17:45 Excellent, excellent.
00:17:48 You're good for a wheelchair!
00:17:50 Good for a wheelchair.
00:17:51 -What a verdict.
00:17:55 Now for the surprise.
00:18:10 God, who's that?
00:18:12 Me?
00:18:15 I look like
00:18:21 How awful!
00:18:24 Is that the surprise?
00:18:27 Seeing myself?
00:18:42 Céline.
00:18:51 How are you?
00:18:53 Let me explain.
00:18:56 How's that for a surprise?
00:19:00 She's not my wife.
00:19:02 He understands everything.
00:19:05 Everything.
00:19:08 Ask yes or no questions, okay?
00:19:12 He blinks once for yes, twice for no.
00:19:18 I'll leave you to it.
00:19:20 Talk to him like this. Straight at him.
00:19:24 Here, he can't see you.
00:19:26 Here, neither.
00:19:28 Talk like this.
00:19:30 Right, Jean-Do?
00:19:32 I'll go.
00:19:33 You must have lots to talk about.
00:19:57 They said you...
00:20:02 Everyone's praying for you,
00:20:08 I didn't bring the kids.
00:20:11 I wanted to see you first.
00:20:14 They're doing fine.
00:20:16 They miss you.
00:20:18 Céleste prays for you every night.
00:20:25 Should I bring them?
00:20:29 You don't want to see them?
00:20:39 Laurent wants to visit you. Can he?
00:20:44 Him you want to see.
00:20:48 I'll tell him.
00:21:12 Has she been to see you?
00:21:21 I met your speech therapist, Henriette.
00:21:24 She's nice.
00:21:26 She thinks she can help you.
00:21:39 Please...
00:21:41 Don't cry.
00:21:48 I know Berck train station.
00:21:51 I can picture it right now.
00:21:54 The most depressing place on earth,
00:21:56 or at least it was when I spent
00:22:01 Berck, the end of summer.
00:22:04 Waiting with my father
00:22:08 It was desolate then.
00:22:14 I treated her so badly.
00:22:16 And the kids.
00:22:20 And now...
00:22:22 I can never make amends.
00:22:26 Never.
00:22:29 Look at this.
00:22:32 It's not the schoolroom alphabet.
00:22:36 The letters are listed
00:22:41 E, S, A, R, l, N...
00:22:48 Frequency of use?
00:22:56 I've done lots of research,
00:22:59 and devised what I hope
00:23:01 -Good for you.
00:23:04 You decide what to say.
00:23:06 When you're ready, blink.
00:23:10 I'll recite these letters very slowly.
00:23:14 When I say the first letter
00:23:18 I'll write it down,
00:23:23 Maybe we'll make words, sentences.
00:23:26 -Two other things.
00:23:28 When we finish a word, blink twice.
00:23:30 Like hitting a space bar.
00:23:33 If I go wrong, blink rapidly.
00:23:37 I know, it sounds really hard,
00:23:39 but trust me, we'll make it.
00:23:41 Your friends and family can use it, too.
00:23:45 Ready to try?
00:23:47 Look at me.
00:23:50 You want to try?
00:23:52 Have you thought what to say?
00:23:55 Good.
00:23:56 -Let's go.
00:24:01 I don't know what to say.
00:24:02 E...
00:24:04 E is your first letter?
00:24:08 It's not E.
00:24:10 I don't even know...
00:24:12 I know it's difficult.
00:24:15 We'll take it slowly.
00:24:29 This is too slow.
00:24:32 I can't keep my eyelid open.
00:24:36 Hurry up!
00:24:39 I.
00:24:41 I?
00:24:44 "l"?
00:24:45 Well done.
00:24:48 "l" is your first word?
00:24:50 My first word is "I". Myself.
00:24:53 E, S...
00:24:56 S?
00:24:57 No!
00:24:59 Not S.
00:25:01 You go too fast.
00:25:06 We won't make it.
00:25:08 It's a nightmare. Your thing won't work.
00:25:10 Let's go on.
00:25:13 I don't want to.
00:25:20 Leave me alone.
00:25:48 Above, below...
00:25:50 My chest...
00:25:53 Under my arms...
00:25:56 Behind my legs...
00:25:59 I'm 42 years old,
00:26:03 and I'm being washed like a big baby.
00:26:08 My ass gets washed
00:26:10 and wiped...
00:26:13 It's all quite laughable.
00:26:17 But as the poet said,
00:26:20 only a fool laughs
00:26:24 Blow me a kiss.
00:26:28 Go on.
00:26:31 Try.
00:26:38 Go on.
00:26:41 Try.
00:26:43 I know it's hard.
00:26:45 -No mirror!
00:26:48 Not that face...
00:26:49 When you're resting
00:26:52 I want you to practice
00:26:56 -Okay?
00:26:58 One other thing you must practice
00:27:02 is sliding your tongue
00:27:07 That's how you'll learn to swallow.
00:27:10 Watch.
00:27:17 This isn't fair. Not fair!
00:27:28 Your turn.
00:27:30 Get rid of that mirror!
00:27:32 Open your mouth.
00:27:36 Good.
00:27:37 Try to slide your tongue back.
00:27:44 I can't.
00:27:45 Go on. Try!
00:27:47 I can't.
00:27:49 Good! You moved your tongue.
00:27:52 -Don't mock me!
00:27:54 Try again.
00:27:59 Incredible.
00:28:01 -Good.
00:28:07 I'll help you to move your head
00:28:11 Like this.
00:28:15 You're doing it all.
00:28:16 Left...
00:28:18 Good.
00:28:20 Right...
00:28:23 Good.
00:28:26 Left again...
00:28:39 Can you feel my hands on your face?
00:28:42 No.
00:28:44 Not to worry. It'll come.
00:28:51 We're very honored to have you here.
00:28:55 I subscribe to Elle.
00:28:58 I love it.
00:29:00 But I think the models
00:29:09 -You don't.
00:29:14 It's an odd fashion.
00:29:17 She's so beautiful...
00:29:21 I'm very devout.
00:29:24 I pray for you each day.
00:29:29 Only his left eye works.
00:29:30 Speak right in front of him.
00:29:33 Who's this?
00:29:40 Pierre Roussin.
00:29:45 Don't you remember me?
00:29:47 Of course I do.
00:29:48 -He blinks once for yes...
00:29:52 Should I go?
00:29:54 No, please!
00:29:56 Why didn't I call him back?
00:29:59 I heard what happened to you
00:30:05 No, I had to come
00:30:12 I think I can roughly guess
00:30:17 Because being held hostage
00:30:20 isn't so different from your situation.
00:30:25 -Am I right?
00:30:28 Jean-Dominique kindly gave me
00:30:32 Unfortunately for me,
00:30:35 and I was held hostage
00:30:41 Four years,
00:30:43 four months, two weeks,
00:30:46 I was kept in a tiny, dark cellar.
00:30:52 It was very hard to breathe.
00:30:55 I called it my tomb.
00:31:01 I know a lot about wine.
00:31:05 What happened to his hand?
00:31:07 Every day, I recited the classification
00:31:09 of top Bordeaux wines of 1 855.
00:31:14 Château Margaux,
00:31:23 I think it kept me sane, more or less.
00:31:31 Of course, much of the time
00:31:34 I was in despair, suicidal, angry.
00:31:41 The brutality, the filth, the cruelty...
00:31:45 Above all, the waiting.
00:31:50 But I survived.
00:31:54 By clinging to what makes me human.
00:32:03 I had no choice.
00:32:12 Hold fast to the human inside of you,
00:32:17 and you'll survive.
00:32:19 The human? Easy!
00:32:22 That's what I came to tell you.
00:32:26 Why didn't I phone him
00:32:30 I felt too guilty.
00:32:32 It sounds ridiculous...
00:32:34 It's not ridiculous. I'm ashamed.
00:32:49 W?
00:32:52 A?
00:32:55 I want?
00:32:57 What do you want, Mr. Bauby?
00:33:10 D?
00:33:21 E.
00:33:33 A.
00:33:39 T.
00:33:40 "Death".
00:33:42 You want to die.
00:33:47 How dare you?
00:33:52 There are people who love you,
00:33:56 I hardly know you,
00:34:00 You're alive. Don't say you want to die.
00:34:02 It's disrespectful. Obscene.
00:34:11 Do you want to go on?
00:34:14 Very well.
00:34:17 Let's hope you change your mind.
00:34:44 I'm sorry.
00:34:55 What for?
00:34:56 I was out of line.
00:35:02 Get some rest.
00:35:19 Like it?
00:35:21 I didn't know what to bring.
00:35:24 I brought this, too.
00:35:26 -Just a sec.
00:35:30 What is it?
00:35:32 I don't believe it. I'll look like a rabbit.
00:35:38 I recite the letters, and you blink, right?
00:35:42 -Don't bother.
00:35:49 S or A?
00:35:50 -Whatever.
00:35:53 Okay... A.
00:36:05 Okay... N.
00:36:09 Anne.
00:36:14 -You have to look at me.
00:36:16 I forgot to watch you blink.
00:36:18 Sorry. I'll start again, slower.
00:36:22 If you say so...
00:36:31 You're funny.
00:36:33 I'm useless at hospital visits.
00:36:36 I'm liable to bring grapes
00:36:40 Christ, why did it have to be you?
00:36:42 It's the talk of the town.
00:36:44 In Café de Flore yesterday,
00:36:45 I heard somebody, I forget who, say,
00:36:48 "Did you hear?
00:36:52 -A vegetable?
00:36:54 Who said I'm a vegetable?
00:36:55 God, I'm a jerk!
00:36:57 What kind of a vegetable?
00:36:59 -I hope I didn't upset you.
00:38:18 Today, my life feels
00:38:25 Women I was unable to love,
00:38:27 opportunities I failed to seize,
00:38:30 moments of happiness I let drift away.
00:38:35 A race whose result
00:38:38 I knew beforehand
00:38:43 Had I been blind and deaf,
00:38:46 or did the harsh light of disaster
00:38:59 I'm still here.
00:39:05 Feeling more cooperative?
00:39:14 Good.
00:39:16 We're both here to make progress.
00:39:19 -Agreed?
00:39:22 Good.
00:39:24 So I'll begin.
00:39:39 T?
00:39:43 H.
00:39:49 A.
00:39:58 N.
00:39:59 "Thanks".
00:40:04 Thanks.
00:40:06 May I call you Jean-Do?
00:40:08 Women aren't complicated.
00:40:09 Thanks, Jean-Do.
00:40:23 I.
00:40:29 V.
00:40:30 "I've..."?
00:40:32 I've decided to stop pitying myself.
00:40:40 Other than my eye,
00:40:42 two things aren't paralyzed.
00:40:46 My imagination
00:40:49 and my memory.
00:41:05 They're the only two ways
00:41:36 I can imagine anything,
00:41:48 Lazing in the waves of Martinique,
00:41:51 being with the woman I love...
00:42:04 Bowing to Ozymandias,
00:42:14 I can imagine anything I want.
00:42:18 Live out my boyhood fantasies,
00:42:21 and my adult ambitions.
00:42:23 Now I'll remember myself as I was.
00:42:26 Handsome, debonair,
00:42:28 glamorous,
00:42:29 devilishly attractive.
00:42:31 Glamorous and very handsome,
00:42:34 That's Marlon Brando, not me!
00:42:37 That's me.
00:43:13 Could I speak to Betty Mialet?
00:43:15 Yes, speaking.
00:43:17 I'm Henriette Durand,
00:43:19 a speech therapist
00:43:22 I'm calling on behalf of a patient,
00:43:27 Jean-Do?
00:43:29 How is he?
00:43:30 He's okay, but...
00:43:32 I heard he's paralyzed,
00:43:34 incapable of communicating
00:43:37 That's not quite true.
00:43:40 Come in.
00:43:41 I'm calling to ask
00:43:46 Of course. One moment.
00:43:49 Anything he wants.
00:43:51 He says he has a contract
00:43:55 He says? I thought he couldn't speak.
00:43:57 He expresses himself,
00:44:02 About this book...
00:44:04 He has a contract with us,
00:44:07 but under the circumstances...
00:44:09 He wants to do it.
00:44:11 To write a book.
00:44:13 You don't mean it. He can't!
00:44:18 I assure you, he can.
00:44:20 But can you find somebody
00:44:24 to take his dictation?
00:44:27 Somebody patient,
00:44:30 someone who'll be here every day.
00:44:35 Someone special.
00:44:36 I understand.
00:44:38 I'll get back to you.
00:44:41 Betty said
00:44:44 The perfect person for the job.
00:44:47 Betty always exaggerates.
00:44:51 Anytime. It won't take you long.
00:44:54 He wants to say something.
00:45:05 "Don't"?
00:45:21 "Don't panic"?
00:45:28 Claude's in a hotel here.
00:45:29 You should agree on a routine.
00:45:32 The nurse wakes me at 5:00 a.m.
00:45:35 I'll memorize what I want to write.
00:45:39 You can come at 8:00 a.m.,
00:45:41 and I'll dictate it to you.
00:45:44 Right. I'll do my best.
00:45:47 I'm sure you will.
00:45:50 Can we start tomorrow?
00:45:52 Fine.
00:46:24 "Through"?
00:46:26 Through the frayed curtain,
00:46:28 a wan glow heralds the break of day.
00:46:32 My heels ache, my head weighs a ton,
00:46:36 my whole body is encased
00:46:40 My task now is
00:46:44 from a castaway
00:46:48 Originally, this Naval Hospital
00:46:56 In the main hall is a white marble bust
00:46:59 of Empress Eugénie,
00:47:03 the hospital's patron,
00:47:05 who visited it often.
00:47:07 There was a large farm, a school,
00:47:10 and a place where, reputedly,
00:47:12 the great Diaghilev
00:47:15 They say it was here
00:47:19 twelve feet in the air.
00:47:25 Nobody leaps here anymore.
00:47:27 These days,
00:47:31 or like me, rigid and mute.
00:47:34 A battalion of cripples.
00:47:40 I like being wheeled
00:47:44 a deserted terrace
00:47:47 heavy with the poetic
00:47:52 Below the dunes, some buildings
00:47:59 I enjoy seeing the suburbs of Berck.
00:48:02 They look like a model train layout.
00:48:06 And the sea foam is so white
00:48:11 But my favorite sight is the lighthouse.
00:48:15 Tall, robust and reassuring
00:48:20 I place myself
00:48:24 guarding not just sailors, but the sick,
00:48:28 whom fate has cast
00:48:31 "The two highlights
00:48:35 "are a white marble bust
00:48:40 "of a princess who died at 94,
00:48:44 "outliving her empire by half a century."
00:48:46 Five hours of work.
00:48:49 Not bad.
00:48:53 It's not Balzac.
00:48:57 Should I go on?
00:49:01 "And a letter..."
00:49:04 Read me some Balzac.
00:49:05 "lt was best to hear nothing..."
00:49:08 Or Graham Greene.
00:49:09 "...When the light
00:49:12 "Suddenly, a policeman slapped him.
00:49:16 "He felt shock rather than anger.
00:49:19 "He came from a law-abiding class
00:49:25 "'I'm 45, divorced,
00:49:29 "The officer who had called him a pig
00:50:04 What's that?
00:50:05 Is it a man or a woman?
00:50:11 A man, I think.
00:50:13 He winked at you.
00:50:17 Excuse me...
00:50:18 Did you order a phone
00:50:27 Did you order a telephone?
00:50:32 Let's get out.
00:50:36 What are you doing here?
00:50:38 Who let you in?
00:50:39 We're the phone company.
00:50:42 You should have gone to Reception.
00:50:45 There was nobody there.
00:50:47 Install it on the table, please.
00:50:57 Be quieter, please.
00:51:01 We'll tell your friends and family.
00:51:04 They'll book a time to phone.
00:51:06 We'll make sure someone's with you.
00:51:14 Excuse me, can't he speak?
00:51:17 Don't act like he's not here.
00:51:19 Ask him.
00:51:21 Excuse me, lady.
00:51:23 What use is a phone if he can't talk?
00:51:26 Maybe he's a heavy breather!
00:51:32 Think you're funny?
00:51:36 Some nerve!
00:51:39 You have no sense of humor,
00:51:45 And three...
00:51:47 Gently... Four...
00:52:05 A big black fly lands on my nose.
00:52:10 I wriggle my head to dislodge it.
00:52:13 It clings on.
00:52:14 Olympic wrestling has nothing on this.
00:52:17 You moved your head? Since when?
00:52:22 Thank you.
00:52:32 "Just now"?
00:52:34 It's a miracle. You moved your head.
00:52:37 Marie sees miracles everywhere.
00:52:39 Dr. Lepage!
00:52:40 He moved his head!
00:52:42 Hello.
00:52:44 Just one hello?
00:52:45 -Progress, progress.
00:52:48 How's his tongue?
00:52:52 -Show your tongue.
00:52:57 You see?
00:52:59 It moves a little.
00:53:00 So his speech will make progress.
00:53:02 Tongue movement is crucial,
00:53:06 Good, excellent.
00:53:07 From now on, we'll work flat-out
00:53:13 A text doesn't exist until it can be read.
00:53:16 "When I last saw my father,
00:53:19 "The week of my accident
00:53:22 "he was sick,
00:53:23 "so I slept over
00:53:27 "The next morning,
00:53:31 -Who cares if I'm shaved?
00:53:37 I'm terrified.
00:53:39 Of what?
00:53:41 Of you shaving me.
00:53:45 You were always so clumsy.
00:53:48 Runs in the family.
00:53:49 Sure.
00:53:51 Coffee?
00:53:56 Don't tire him. He's not well.
00:53:58 How can a shave tire him?
00:54:08 -Your mother was prettier.
00:54:12 Do you remember your mother?
00:54:16 You always ask me that.
00:54:25 What are you reading these days?
00:54:28 I'm re-reading
00:54:31 What for?
00:54:32 I want to write a modern version.
00:54:36 Of The Count of Monte Cristo?
00:54:40 Vengeance will still be
00:54:45 but I want to make her
00:54:52 -The Countess of Monte Cristo?
00:54:55 I don't want to read it.
00:54:59 I haven't written it yet.
00:55:02 But I have a contract with a publisher.
00:55:05 Yes, I do.
00:55:10 If you cut me, I'll sue you.
00:55:19 The doctor came yesterday.
00:55:22 And?
00:55:23 He says I'll live to at least 1 00.
00:55:28 Great. We'll throw a big party.
00:55:30 Count me out.
00:55:32 Who wants to live to 1 00?
00:55:36 Jean-Do?
00:55:38 Don't tell a soul.
00:55:40 I still miss your mother.
00:55:44 I won't tell.
00:55:48 It's our secret.
00:55:51 You should have married Céline.
00:55:54 What difference would it have made?
00:55:57 You couldn't have left her so easily.
00:56:00 And your children.
00:56:03 Can we change the subject?
00:56:05 I know what I'm talking about.
00:56:07 I've had more affairs than anyone,
00:56:11 except maybe Casanova.
00:56:14 Having a mistress
00:56:16 is no excuse for deserting
00:56:21 The world has lost its values.
00:56:23 It's not funny. It's true.
00:56:30 Bring your children to see me.
00:56:32 Céline does. You should, too.
00:56:35 I will. I haven't had time.
00:56:39 Here!
00:56:40 What is it?
00:56:42 Orange blossom.
00:56:44 You want me to smell like a hussy?
00:56:48 It's an aphrodisiac.
00:56:52 Good! It'll make the girls come running.
00:56:55 You bet. Just give them half a chance.
00:57:00 Let me look at myself.
00:57:16 Not bad!
00:57:17 God, they don't make them
00:57:38 I wanted to tell you something.
00:57:42 I've forgotten what.
00:57:44 It'll come back.
00:57:46 I'm not so sure.
00:57:48 -Nothing comes back anymore.
00:57:53 I remember what it was.
00:57:59 I'm very proud of you.
00:58:01 Really, very proud.
00:58:07 And something else.
00:58:16 I've forgotten.
00:58:18 A father's approval.
00:58:20 It comforted me then,
00:58:22 and comforts me even more now.
00:58:25 We're all children.
00:58:27 We all need approval.
00:58:32 I want to see my children.
00:58:34 I want to see my children.
00:00:03 It's Father's Day.
00:00:05 Happy Father's Day.
00:00:18 Even a sketch, a shadow,
00:00:20 a fragment of a dad is still a dad.
00:00:48 Father's Day.
00:00:49 My son wipes the saliva
00:00:53 This invented holiday was never part
00:01:02 You cry because you're not allowed
00:01:06 To marry a handsome boy like me
00:01:09 Poor little rich girl...
00:01:11 Claude says the book's coming along.
00:01:15 It's great that you're writing it.
00:01:17 You're the most amazing man
00:01:21 All these visitors...
00:01:27 Laurent, Anne-Marie,
00:01:32 Michel...
00:01:34 Has she come?
00:01:36 She hasn't?
00:01:40 I thought
00:01:43 That's her business.
00:01:51 Shall we try the alphabet?
00:02:40 "When I started a diet
00:02:44 "l never dreamed the results
00:02:46 "would be so dramatic."
00:02:48 Silly!
00:02:53 "Now they know what it's like
00:02:56 "to have a zombie for a dad. Thanks."
00:03:01 Don't do that.
00:03:02 Kids!
00:03:05 Want to play Hangman, Dad?
00:03:09 I'll help you. Whisper a word.
00:03:14 First letter C, last letter E.
00:03:17 It's a 7-letter word.
00:03:23 No, no N.
00:04:03 The kangaroo escaped from the zoo
00:04:08 "Goodbye, zoo!" cried the kangaroo
00:04:11 He cleared the wall
00:04:17 Leaped right over
00:04:22 There.
00:04:24 Let's go, kids. Say bye to Dad.
00:04:26 Bye, Dad.
00:04:30 Bye, Dad.
00:04:39 Bye, Dad.
00:04:42 See you next week.
00:05:11 Words can't express
00:05:14 I, their father,
00:05:17 can't even ruffle their hair,
00:05:21 or clasp their smooth,
00:05:25 But I rejoice to see them live,
00:05:29 move, laugh...
00:05:33 That's what I call a fine day.
00:05:40 I'm pitying myself, right?
00:05:44 You were sincerely happy.
00:05:47 You think so?
00:05:50 Perhaps.
00:05:59 Don't miss it!
00:06:01 Get away from the TV!
00:06:06 Damn!
00:06:08 A good square meal for you. See you!
00:06:10 See you... Don't do that!
00:06:19 I'm sick of TV dinners.
00:06:22 Where could I dine tonight?
00:06:26 I want to treat myself
00:06:28 to a great meal.
00:06:30 At Le Duc!
00:06:41 Fancy meeting you here.
00:06:45 Isn't it amazing?
00:06:46 An oyster?
00:07:30 It feels like we met yesterday.
00:08:56 "Gentle."
00:09:02 I don't like compliments.
00:09:07 What's the next chapter heading?
00:09:09 Sunday.
00:09:11 I dread Sunday.
00:09:14 If they put the TV on,
00:09:19 It's highly strategic.
00:09:22 It could be several hours
00:09:24 before a good Samaritan
00:09:28 I dread Sunday.
00:09:30 No speech therapists, no shrinks,
00:09:32 no physiotherapists,
00:09:33 no visitors.
00:09:34 A skeleton staff.
00:09:36 Sundays are a long stretch of desert.
00:09:39 But today, Marie has nobly offered
00:09:44 I tried to tell her I'm not religious,
00:09:48 but to no avail.
00:09:50 People are praying for me all over.
00:09:52 Top of the list is my daughter Céleste.
00:09:56 And Marie, of course.
00:09:59 Multiple deities
00:10:03 I'm told they chant mantras
00:10:08 In Cameroon,
00:10:09 a witchdoctor implores
00:10:13 I've promised him my right eye.
00:10:16 I can't deny my involvement in
00:10:21 to support my existence.
00:10:23 It's not admirable,
00:10:25 it's probably hypocritical,
00:10:27 but I'll try anything.
00:10:38 I'm very happy to see you here.
00:10:41 I visited you a few days ago,
00:10:46 but you were asleep.
00:10:49 Yes, he was.
00:10:50 What?
00:10:52 Would you like
00:10:54 No.
00:10:57 -Yes.
00:10:59 No!
00:11:00 Yes.
00:11:02 Lord, have mercy
00:11:07 Help his body to heal.
00:11:10 Lift up his spirits.
00:11:13 -Guide him to faith.
00:11:15 In the name of the Father...
00:11:18 You really got me.
00:11:19 You really got me.
00:11:33 "Fa"?
00:11:39 "Father"?
00:12:01 "There are..."
00:12:02 Father, there are monks in Bordeaux
00:12:12 I'm glad to hear it.
00:12:14 ...with unremarkable results.
00:12:16 We must be patient.
00:12:18 That's what the doctors say.
00:12:21 But Jean-Dominique,
00:12:24 I will soon be escorting
00:12:27 Lourdes?
00:12:28 Marie and I thought
00:12:32 -That's a trap!
00:12:34 It's true.
00:12:36 I've already been to Lourdes.
00:13:04 Let's stop and turn back.
00:13:07 I'm not turning back.
00:13:08 It's my car. I go where I like.
00:13:10 You said you wanted a dirty weekend!
00:13:13 -I didn't!
00:13:15 Lourdes is no place
00:13:18 You have a one-track mind!
00:13:24 I want to see the Madonna.
00:13:28 I don't believe you.
00:13:29 I want to see the Madonna
00:13:32 Spare me that.
00:13:36 -You can, too.
00:13:38 Do you good.
00:13:46 Impressive, huh?
00:13:51 I'll buy some bottles for the holy water.
00:14:17 I've had it. I'm leaving.
00:14:19 You shouldn't, it'll be good
00:14:23 Don't be so sure.
00:14:26 Someone healthy,
00:14:31 -is crippled for life.
00:14:34 Hello!
00:14:39 I've found my Madonna!
00:14:42 Forget about it.
00:14:45 Get out of my life! Go away.
00:14:49 Okay...
00:14:51 I'll buy it for you.
00:14:54 Madame has a good eye.
00:14:57 It was blessed by the Cardinal.
00:14:59 We got any more 31 8s?
00:15:00 Check the stockroom.
00:15:02 How much is it?
00:15:04 1 899 francs.
00:15:06 You don't say!
00:15:11 Haven't we met before?
00:15:13 I don't think so, sir.
00:15:17 I've got no change.
00:15:22 I can't make love with her watching.
00:15:25 I understand.
00:15:27 I'm not stating a fact. I'm complaining.
00:15:30 Let me turn her off.
00:15:37 She's one of a kind,
00:15:39 blessed by the Cardinal.
00:15:43 When we get back to Paris,
00:15:49 Because of her?
00:15:51 Because of everything.
00:15:55 Okay.
00:15:57 You're right.
00:16:11 I'm going for a walk.
00:16:13 Turn off the light.
00:16:17 But not my Madonna.
00:17:53 Come on, Jean-Do.
00:17:59 Once you can say "L",
00:18:03 And say "Lourdes".
00:18:15 This okay? Are you comfortable?
00:18:34 "The Pressure Cooker"
00:18:38 I may write
00:18:42 I could also call it "The Eye"
00:18:45 You already know
00:18:48 A hospital room in which Mr. L.,
00:18:52 is learning to live
00:18:55 brought on by a serious
00:18:58 Ambitious, somewhat cynical,
00:19:00 heretofore a stranger to failure,
00:19:03 Mr. L. takes his first steps
00:19:07 We could follow
00:19:10 who reproduces
00:19:14 I already have the last scene.
00:19:16 It's night, suddenly Mr. L.,
00:19:20 flings off his bedclothes,
00:19:23 and walks around the eerily-lit stage.
00:19:26 Then it grows dark again,
00:19:28 and you hear Mr. L. 's inner voice
00:19:32 "Shit! It was only a dream!"
00:20:04 Get up.
00:20:05 You can get up.
00:20:07 Everything's fine.
00:20:51 "l want to remember
00:20:54 Should I ask someone?
00:21:02 No?
00:21:11 -Room 1 1 9.
00:21:17 I'm Claude Mendibil.
00:21:21 This is his father.
00:21:23 We've been expecting your call.
00:21:30 What do I do? Just talk?
00:21:34 Jean-Do can hear you. He'll answer.
00:21:37 You'll hear me saying letters...
00:21:40 Yes, Céline explained it.
00:21:47 Go ahead, Mr. Bauby.
00:21:50 Can he hear me?
00:21:54 Jean-Dominique? This is Papinou.
00:22:00 I'm sitting by the open window.
00:22:07 How are you?
00:22:08 Or is that a stupid question?
00:22:24 "Yes, it's a stupid question."
00:22:29 I miss you.
00:22:46 "I miss you too. "
00:22:51 It's impossible to talk like this.
00:22:55 I forget everything I want to say.
00:22:59 I remember.
00:23:01 I've sent you a present.
00:23:05 A surprise.
00:23:11 I've had a thought...
00:23:14 About us.
00:23:15 We're in the same boat.
00:23:18 I'm stuck in this apartment,
00:23:22 unable to use the stairs.
00:23:26 You try four flights of stairs
00:23:34 You see, we're both locked in.
00:23:37 You in your body,
00:23:41 me in my apartment.
00:23:43 Remember this.
00:23:46 In the top right drawer of my desk,
00:23:51 It states my last wishes.
00:23:55 It's in a file marked...
00:24:03 "Miscellaneous."
00:24:10 I have to go.
00:24:27 "Don't cry."
00:24:29 It's easy to say that,
00:24:31 but you're my son, for God's sake.
00:24:36 Goodbye, Jean-Dominique.
00:24:39 I nearly forgot.
00:24:41 It's your birthday soon.
00:24:44 I'll phone again.
00:24:48 Happy birthday.
00:25:34 It can't be easy to speak to your son,
00:25:37 knowing full well that he won't reply.
00:26:00 I thought you could use
00:26:05 I have another surprise for you.
00:26:08 Close your eyes.
00:26:12 Close your eyes!
00:26:19 Now open them.
00:26:21 THE COUNT OF MONTE CRlSTO
00:26:23 You shouldn't have!
00:26:26 In two volumes!
00:26:27 Not a first edition, but still, pretty old.
00:26:35 Shall I read you some?
00:26:38 Which chapter?
00:26:39 We should try Roman numerals.
00:26:44 What would it be in Roman numerals?
00:26:48 L, I, X.
00:26:52 It'd be quicker.
00:26:55 Next time.
00:26:56 Fifty? More?
00:26:59 Yes, more.
00:27:02 Nine? Fifty-nine? Okay.
00:27:05 Hold on... Here we are.
00:27:09 There's even an illustration.
00:27:11 This coincidence scares me.
00:27:13 "They both took seats beside him..."
00:27:17 "Noirtier sat in the wheeled armchair
00:27:20 "as he did from morning till night,
00:27:22 "before a mirror where he could see
00:27:26 "without moving,
00:27:32 "Sight and hearing
00:27:35 "that still glimmered
00:27:41 "...in his moribund frame."
00:27:45 That's me to a T, isn't it?
00:27:49 -It's not.
00:27:51 I scare people. I make them shudder.
00:27:55 Not true.
00:27:58 I shouldn't have tried
00:28:00 You don't touch a masterpiece.
00:28:02 It's fate. It's a lesson.
00:28:06 I didn't know that Noirtier
00:28:11 My diving bell drags you down
00:28:15 Jean-Do,
00:28:17 I don't mind you dragging me
00:28:21 because you're also my butterfly.
00:28:26 A declaration of love, my word!
00:28:30 When we finish this book,
00:28:33 we'll write another one
00:28:36 Who knows?
00:28:42 "l missed you at the bullfights this fall.
00:28:45 "Hope to see you there next year.
00:28:48 "Le Tango, Nîmes."
00:29:02 "Dear Mr. Bauby,
00:29:03 "concerning your request
00:29:07 "the company can deliver
00:29:12 "after receiving your order.
00:29:15 "Sincerely, Henri Raynaud."
00:29:17 That's good news.
00:29:21 This one's from Papinou.
00:29:31 "This is a present."
00:29:36 Look. A picture of you as a boy.
00:29:41 "Jean-Do, age 8, Berck-sur-Mer."
00:29:48 From Anne-Marie.
00:29:54 Jean-Dominique Bauby's room.
00:29:56 Who is this?
00:29:58 Céline Desmoulins. Who's this?
00:30:01 Inès.
00:30:04 I want to talk to Jean-Do.
00:30:07 Hold on.
00:30:12 I've put the speaker on.
00:30:13 Talk, he'll hear you.
00:30:15 I can't talk with you there.
00:30:19 You have no choice.
00:30:23 -Isn't the speech therapist there?
00:30:35 My love?
00:30:39 I know I said I'd come.
00:30:42 I got to the station
00:30:46 I can't do it.
00:30:48 Please, forgive me.
00:30:55 Céline?
00:30:57 Can't you go out for a minute?
00:30:59 I have things
00:31:03 I'm sorry.
00:31:04 I can't go out.
00:31:06 There's no one else.
00:31:19 "One"?
00:31:29 "One minute"?
00:31:31 Okay, I'll leave. But not for long.
00:31:43 Are you there?
00:31:47 My darling...
00:31:50 I love you more than ever.
00:31:54 I want to see you,
00:31:59 I want to think of you as you were.
00:32:04 I hope you'll pull through.
00:32:08 I miss you.
00:32:11 I miss you so much. I feel so alone.
00:32:14 I can't bear it.
00:32:18 I know you understand.
00:32:22 I think about you all the time.
00:32:32 I know you've got
00:32:41 Do you want me to come?
00:32:44 I'm back.
00:32:45 Do you want me to come?
00:32:48 Do you want me to come?
00:32:49 I'm back, lnès.
00:33:24 "Each."
00:33:43 "Each day..."
00:34:02 "Each day l..."
00:34:26 "Each day I wait for you."
00:34:28 I didn't hear. Can you say it again?
00:34:32 I didn't hear.
00:34:36 He said, "Each day I wait for you."
00:35:47 Sorry, Jean-Dominique.
00:35:50 or I'll miss my flight to Hong Kong.
00:35:55 Have mine.
00:35:59 I'll take the next flight.
00:36:01 Thanks.
00:36:03 Have a good trip.
00:36:09 It's not Hong Kong you're going to.
00:36:25 You all right, Mr. Bauby?
00:36:29 Don't worry.
00:36:39 I don't usually remember my dreams.
00:36:42 Only bores tell people their dreams.
00:36:46 But I can't shake this one off,
00:36:50 I'm afraid.
00:36:53 The sense of doom wouldn't leave.
00:36:57 It took what I can only call a miracle
00:37:04 Believing in personal miracles is risky,
00:37:07 it makes you feel self-important.
00:37:09 But still, I must report
00:37:12 that something miraculous occurred.
00:37:16 I began to sing.
00:37:20 I grunt, I sing.
00:37:24 My hearing is weak.
00:37:26 Sometimes
00:37:29 I tell myself it's a butterfly's wings.
00:37:32 I'm making undeniable progress.
00:37:34 I may have butterfly hearing.
00:37:39 Soon the summer will end,
00:37:41 and I'll begin my first autumn
00:37:46 My life is here.
00:37:48 A constant repetition.
00:37:52 Here.
00:37:54 How's it going, pal?
00:37:58 He's talking!
00:38:00 You can talk!
00:38:01 He sings songs, too.
00:38:04 Come on, sing a song for Laurent.
00:38:06 Please, Jean-Do. Or for me.
00:38:27 Are you okay?
00:38:29 Is he singing?
00:38:31 He's not singing.
00:38:52 I have pneumonia.
00:38:56 Just when I thought...
00:39:12 Like a sailor
00:39:16 I watch my past recede,
00:39:19 reduced to the ashes of memory.
00:39:38 What a return!
00:39:41 That's our office!
00:39:42 And that couple.
00:39:48 That's my car!
00:39:50 My new car.
00:41:08 Where's the horn?
00:41:43 Dad!
00:41:54 Get down. Let me hug him.
00:41:56 See the car?
00:41:58 T oo cool!
00:42:02 You okay, Théo?
00:42:05 Had a good week?
00:42:07 Can we go to the theater?
00:42:09 To the "theatah"? Yes, if you like.
00:42:12 And eat oysters?
00:42:14 You eat oysters now?
00:42:17 We're going to eat. I promised Théo.
00:42:21 Don't bring him back too late tomorrow.
00:42:23 Bye, Dad.
00:42:26 Let's go!
00:42:29 Can I sit in front?
00:42:32 There's nowhere else to sit!
00:42:41 I'll give you a ride all by yourself.
00:42:44 How about this!
00:43:01 How's the team?
00:43:02 The team's good.
00:43:04 Do you shower afterwards or what?
00:43:06 We shower and pack up our gear.
00:43:11 Got any hair on your dick?
00:43:14 Not yet!
00:43:15 When I was young,
00:43:19 He showered in his clothes?
00:43:21 They took him off the soccer team.
00:43:24 His dad threatened to punch the coach,
00:43:28 but he didn't.
00:43:30 The mother calmed him down.
00:43:34 Finally, nothing happened,
00:43:41 Not your problem.
00:43:42 No, luckily.
00:43:45 Say the word, I'll punch...
00:43:49 What else is new? Is Mom okay?
00:43:51 Yeah, she's okay.
00:43:53 Recognize that road?
00:43:55 It's the way to Aunt Diane's.
00:43:58 Aren't you... Isn't it hot?
00:44:02 I'm not hot.
00:44:08 We could have...
00:44:11 We could have...
00:44:15 We could have...
00:44:18 Could...
00:44:21 Could...
00:44:23 It's gonna rain.
00:44:25 I'll stop the car.
00:44:29 I'm gonna stop.
00:44:46 Dad! What's the matter?
00:45:41 Run back to the house!
00:45:45 "l had time for one last thought.
00:45:50 "'We'll be late in any case.
00:45:54 "'We'll go tomorrow."'
00:45:57 "Then I sank into a coma.
00:46:32 "Does that make..."
00:46:39 "Does that make a book?"
00:46:52 "For Théophile, Céleste and Hortense,
00:46:55 "wishing them lots of butterflies.
00:47:01 "All my thanks to Claude Mendibil,
00:47:04 "whose vital role in writing these pages
00:47:07 "is spelled out within them."
00:47:11 She was a hard-working girl
00:47:17 If she could only hear me
00:47:22 Here's what I'd say to her
00:47:42 I was always there.
00:47:44 You know that.
00:47:48 The reviews are fabulous.
00:47:52 "The man who dictates in silence.
00:47:54 "Deprived of speech and motion,
00:47:56 "Jean-Dominique Bauby had to learn
00:47:59 "to write
00:48:02 "a shattering visit to the castaway
00:48:04 "who haunts the hospital in Berck."
00:48:07 Signed, Bernard Chapuis.
00:48:09 "A deeply moving book."
00:48:18 Bauby, 43, a renowned journalist,
00:48:21 family man and free spirit,
00:48:23 was planning a book
00:48:35 Jean-Dominique Bauby died
00:48:37 1 0 days after the publication
00:48:41 "THE DlVlNG BELL
00:48:43 for Ferdinand CHESNAlS, 20
00:48:45 Jack SCHNABEL, 92,