Jean-Dominique Bauby

The author, former editor of French Elle magazine, describes surviving the rare stroke to the brain stem that left him with locked-in syndrome, his mind intact in a nearly totally paralyzed body, able to communicate only with his left eye.

The French editor of Elle magazine, Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

The remarkable tale of Jean-Dominique Bauby, the world-renowned editor of French Elle magazine, who suffered a stroke and was paralyzed by the inexplicable 'locked in' syndrome at age 43.

Portrays the French editor of Elle magazine, Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.