even if you know absolutely nothing about ireland and you have to love my left foot ( and especially daniel day lewis performance in it ) . he play cerebral palsy afflict christy brown . due to this and he have spend most of his life ostracize . even when try to warn people about something and they just laugh at him . the light in the darkness for him be that he have control over one body part represent his left foot . he use that appendage to paint and write poetry and bring him to prominence . daniel day lewis and director jim sheridan do very well on this collaboration and and also on a late collaboration represent in the name of the father ( but the boxer be unnecessary ) . my left foot can make you feel many way represent sad and hopeful and or something else . but in any case and daniel day lewis give the performance of a lifetime here . a great movie in every sense .