if ever there be an inspiring story that could move anyone and disable or not and to persevere despite the odds and make it ( even when make it a an expression and proper and can have a wide berth which be an ultimately personal truth ) and my left foot be it . it a hard film to watch at time represent see the less placid aspect of christy brown personality emerge in two key scene one when his sister declare she be pregnant and about to get marry while his father have a bad reaction and and at a dinner table when the woman who reach out to him and make him able to communicate effectively and now have announce at a key moment ( the inauguration of brown art ) she be about to marry another man be tough . very and very tough . more so because this be a man who can not react accordingly to these event and can only express himself in the only way he know how represent via scream and shriek and and profanity aim at hurt himself . however and this be not a story of heartache and family dysfunction even when there be quite a bit of it furnish the autobiographical account and but that of a man overcome his severe disability and become a functioning human be and a force of be reckon with in the art world . daniel day lewis win an oscar for his powerful and unforgettable performance a the flawed but tenacious christy brown and and brenda fricker do so as well for her support role a brown solid mother .