A man, Jean-Dominique Bauby, is stricken with Locked-In Syndrome. It's a condition caused by a massive stroke that results in your entire body being paralyzed. It's a real thing. Look it up. In this case it happens to the editor of French Elle magazine. He's a mover and shaker, a bon vivant, a playboy of sorts. We also learn through the beautiful script and performances that he has recently left his children and girlfriend for a new woman. He's a modern anti-hero, if it's fair to apply movie terms to a real person that is....
