My left foot
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | My left foot |
| Original title | My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown |
| Country of production | Ireland , Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jim Sheridan |
| script |
Shane Connaughton Jim Sheridan |
| production | Noel Pearson |
| music | Elmer Bernstein |
| camera | Jack Conroy |
| cut | J. Patrick Duffner |
| occupation | |
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My Left Foot (Original: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown ) is an Irish-British drama from 1989 directed by Jim Sheridan with Daniel Day-Lewis in the role of the severely disabled Christy Brown (1932-1981). It is the film adaptation of the autobiographical novel of the same name by Christy Brown from 1954.
action
The film tells the story of a boy who was born the tenth of thirteen surviving children of an Irish working class family and was almost completely paralyzed due to athetosis . At first, no one in the family, except his mother, believes that Christy is a sentient and thinking being. The grumpy father, who likes to go to the pub after work, thinks his son is mentally handicapped.
His mother's hope was confirmed when he managed to reach for a piece of chalk with his left foot. The family and the children in the neighborhood try to involve him in their lives again and again. Despite considerable financial problems caused by the father's unemployment, the mother saves for a wheelchair, which she finally gives him as a present. Through therapies, including breathing and relaxation exercises, he was able to make further progress. Christy can speak articulately, though with difficulty, and he becomes a recognized painter. He paints the pictures with his left foot. When he falls miserably in love with his speech therapist, he tries to commit suicide. The support of his family, who build him a studio, gives him courage to live again. He later befriended his speech therapist platonically again. The film ends at the point that Brown has become a successful writer and meets nurse Mary Carr , whom he married at the age of 40.
additional
- In the film adaptation, the boy writes the word "MOTHER" in German for the first time with the chalk like a miracle. The actual first time with the piece of chalk, Brown managed “a wild sort of scribble”, so at least a few lines. The real Christy Brown's progress was much slower than portrayed in the film, but no less important to him and his family.
- In his book he also describes his pilgrimage to Lourdes . The hoped-for improvement did not materialize, but meeting many other people who are seriously ill was an important experience. This experience does not occur in the film.
- Brown was a writer and died of an attack of suffocation ten years later after his wedding.
Reviews
“Sensitively staged life story portrayed with almost documentary accuracy; Excellent actors and precise direction bring people and their problems into the picture in a staging that is challenging to empathize. "
“Both actors in Christy show admirably and empathetically the physical agony of the boy and the man and his psychological agony of being dependent like an infant in spite of all the intellectual brilliance. But they also show his wit and humor. "
Awards (selection)
- Best Actor Award for Daniel Day-Lewis
- Best Supporting Actress award for Brenda Fricker
- Nomination for Best Director for Jim Sheridan
- Award for Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor .
- Awarded Best Supporting Actor to Ray McAnally .
- Award for Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor .
- Award for Brenda Fricker for Best Supporting Actress .
- Award for Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor .
- Award for Brenda Fricker for Best Supporting Actress .
- Evening Standard British Film Award
- Award for Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor .
- Award for Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor .
- Montreal World Film Festival Festival Award
- Award for Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor .
- Montreal World Film Festival - Special Jury Mention (together with Jim Sheridan )
- National Society of Film Critics Award
- Award for Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor .
- Nomination for Brenda Fricker for Best Supporting Actress .
- Award for Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor .
- Nomination for Brenda Fricker for Best Supporting Actress .
- Nomination for Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor .
- Nomination for Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor in Feature Film Drama .
- Nomination for Brenda Fricker for Best Supporting Actress in Feature Film Drama .
The British Film Institute voted My Left Foot # 53 in 1999 among the best British films of the 20th century .
literature
- Christy Brown: My left foot. (“My left foot”) dtv, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-423-25207-3 .
- Christy Brown: My left foot . Minerva Press, London 1990, ISBN 0-7493-9177-4 . (Reprinted from the London 1954 edition).
Web links
- My left foot in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ My left foot. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ epd film 2/1990