The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ( Le Scaphandre et le Papillon , French; 2007) In this life, we are all trapped. The trap could be our doing, by illness, by virtue of our birth or by wrongdoings in life. Because of individual bonds that we build in our lifetime, we are compelled to surrender the fate of nature. It could be easy to live for the moment, leave it all and be indulgent in hedonistic activities, but is it the right thing to do? If so, by whose standards? This French movie, done by a painter, is set in a palliative hospital built by a picturesque beach of Northern France. We are introduced to Jean-Do, a quadriplegic victim of a basilar stroke, whose contact to the outside world is through his left eye. He cannot verbalise, vocalise or respond to the world in any form. After the initial self-pity and brooding, he fights back. With a good set of therapists, he is kept alive. As his condition remains the same with no improvement, he decides to detail his every experience...
It is all Mimesis