I finally caught The Diving Bell and the Butterfly last night at Vivo with Audrey. It was a nice break after a tiring week of maths revision. We had settled for first row seats, because I didn't have Visa required for internet bookings with GV, but for this movie, shot through the eyes of John Dominique Bauby, the French editor of Elle struck down in the prime of his life, by 'Locked-in' Syndrome, it worked, the craning of our necks upwards, adding to the disorienting perspective.

Bauby is completely paralyzed, able only to move his left eye and blink, otherwise very rational and full of imagination, By blinking his eye, one blink for Yes, two blinks for No, he is able to communicate, forming words, letter by letter, through a painstaking process whereby the letters of the alphabet are read out slowly and he signals his choice by blinking. Blink by blink, word by word, through the summer, he fills the book on which the movie is based. This movie will make you appreciate what we normally take for granted. It will uplift you with the resilience of the human spirit, and the power of imagination. It will probably also move you to tears.