Il mio piede sinistro

Titolo originale: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Regia: Jim Sheridan |
Anno: 1989
Origine: Ireland | United Kingdom |
Generi: Dramma
Tag: bodily disabled person | poet | biography | based on true story | foot | flashback | author | working class | disabled | cerebral palsy |
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis | Brenda Fricker | Alison Whelan | Kirsten Sheridan | Declan Croghan | Eanna MacLiam | Marie Conmee | Cyril Cusack | Phelim Drew | Ruth McCabe | Fiona Shaw | Ray McAnally | Pat Laffan | Derry Power | Hugh O'Conor | Darren McHugh | Owen Sharp | Eileen Colgan | Keith O'Conor | Tom Hickey | Julie Hale | Jacinta Whyte | Sarah Cronin-Stanley | Jean Doyle | Britta Smith | Adrian Dunbar | Lucy Vigne Welsh | Daniel Reardon | Conor Lambert | Martin Dunne | Charlie Roberts | Jer O'Leary | Mil Fleming | Simon Kelly | Eileen Kohlmann | Margaret Lyons | Patricia Higgins | Hilery O'Donovan | Don King | Jenny Bryne | Linda Walker | Albert Kavanagh | Joe Swan | Rita Lowe | Gerard Hourigan | Dawn Kursinczy | Denis O'Leary | Lesley Ann Long | Caromy Corcoran | Cathy Corcoran | Lisa Jane Rowland | Aisling Murnane | Audrey Diffley | Oba Seagrave | Colm Rowland | Owen Sullivan | Dean Clifford | Sean Rowland | Barry Keane | Wayne Kearney | John Mark Knight | Deborah Pierce | Barry Lord | Tess Sheridan | Fiacra Sheridan | Eoghan O'Sullivan | Kerry Ellen Lawlor | Naomi Sheridan | Emily Hodge Barker |

A Dublino nel 1932, Christy Brown, appena nato, è vittima di una paralisi che gli impedisce di parlare e di muoversi: i medici al riguardo esternano pessimistiche previsioni sulla possibilità di sopravvivenza di Christy che, malgrado questo handicap, viene ben accettato da tutta la numerosa ma povera famiglia, composta dal padre muratore, dalla madre casalinga e da dodici fratelli. Con il trascorrere degli anni Christy sorprende i familiari per i suoi tentativi di comunicare con il piede sinistro, tramite il quale riesce a scrivere alcune parole e a dipingere. Successivamente, a diciassette anni, gli viene offerta l'occasione di essere curato dalla dottoressa Eileen Cole...

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Composer Elmer Bernstein first met producer Noel Pearson when he visited Dublin in 1968, when Bernst [...] D
Brenda Fricker's Oscar-winning performance in this film is her only Academy Award nomination. D
Brenda Fricker's Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winning performance was the only nominee in the categ [...] D
One of the final film appearances of Ray McAnally. D
Daniel Day-Lewis insisted on remaining in his wheelchair in between takes. D
Based on Christy Brown's true life story and adapted from his autobiography, also titled "My Left Fo [...] D
It is the only film ever to get an A+ rating from Entertainment Weekly. D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die," edited by Steven Schneider. D
The actor playing Christy Brown's father, Ray McAnally is buried in the same graveyard as Christy Br [...] D
Daniel Day-Lewis's method acting for the role famously consisted of him staying in character even wh [...] D
Judi Dench was originally cast as Mrs. Brown but had to withdraw when the National Theatre productio [...] D
Epilogue: "Christy Brown married Mary Carr on the 5th October, 1972." D
Miramax spent over three times the film production budget on its publicity campaign to get the film [...] D
Many of the scenes were filmed through a mirror, as Daniel Day-Lewis could only manipulate his right [...] D
Daniel Day-Lewis acted out the opening scene, as we see in the film, on the first take. D
According to the "Making of My Left Foot" segment on the Special Edition DVD, Daniel Day-Lewis broke [...] D
First film directed by Jim Sheridan. D

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