My Left foot

My Left Foot 

Part of the Jim Sheridan Retrospective/1989/Ireland/103 min
Sat Oct 4th 1:00 PM
My Left Foot is the true story of Irish cerebral palsy victim Christy Brown. Paralyzed from birth, Brown (played by Hugh O’Conor as child and Daniel Day-Lewis as an adult) is written off as dumb and helpless. But Christy’s indomitable mother (Brenda Fricker) never gives up on the boy. Using his left foot, the only part of his body not afflicted, Brown learns to write. He grows up to become a well-known author, painter, and fundraiser, and along the way falls in love with nurse Mary Carr (Ruth McCabe). There’s no sugarcoating in My Left Foot: Brown, a heavy drinker, was by no means loveable. Day-Lewis and Fricker both won Academy Awards for their performances, and the film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Saturday Oct 4 2014 1:00PM
Cantor Film Center, 36th East 8th St. New York, NY 10003
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Director: Jim Sheridan

Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh O’Conor, Ruth McCabe, Brenda Fricker.

Script: Shane Connaughton & Jim Sheridan. 

This film has been supplied by the Irish Film Institute and is preserved in the IFI Irish Film Archive.