BY Gainesville Sun,

A panel discussion after Saturday's encore screening of "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" at the Hippodrome Cinema will feature University of Florida professors and medical professionals from Shands Hospital.

The discussion, which will follow the noon screening, will be moderated by Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig, director of the Medical Humanities Program at UF's College of Medicine.

Based on the French memoir "Le scaphandre et le papillon" by Elle France fashion magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, the film tells the story of a man who suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body except for his left eye.

Using his eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby describes being trapped in his own body.

The film's two-week run was scheduled to end Thursday, but Hippodrome officials added Saturday's screening and discussion after popular response to the film, which also will be screened noon Sunday (without a discussion).

"When we get a film of special interest, it can bring out questions about the quality of life," said Shirley Lasseter, director of the Hippodrome Cinema.

Along with addressing those questions, Saturday's discussion will offer an analysis of the film and also feature a doctor from Stoyan-Rosenzweig's staff who works with patients who have "locked in" syndrome, Lasseter said.

The film won two Golden Globe awards including Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director and has been nominated for four Oscars, including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.

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