Mathieu Almaric
Things Get All Frenchy at Diving Bell Premiere
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Mathieu Almaric poses with costars Emmanuelle Seigner and Marie-Josee Croze.
Last night, Mathieu Almaric was talking to The Daily Transom about starring in The Diving Bell and The Butterfly.
“You don’t choose a film, the film chose me,” he said.
The film that chose Mr. Almaric chronicles the story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, the vibrant, stylish editor of French Elle who, 12 years ago, became forever trapped in “locked-in syndrome” after suffering a stroke. The former editor was left almost fully paralyzed, able to only blink his left eye, yet by using this one movement in accordance with an alphabet, he managed to transcend his condition and communicate his experience through a best-selling memoir. read more »
