i have just return from a showing of my left foot at our public library . what an emotional experience i feel drain and uplift . it the story of christy brown and irish writer and painter and and base on the author autobiographical my left foot . christy be bear with a form of cerebral palsy such that the only limb he have good control of be his left foot . doctor advise his parent he be hopelessly mentally retarded but his mother do not give up on him and and somewhat a annie sullivan have do with helen keller and help him achieve a breakthrough in which he learn the alphabet and then to read and write and and paint . this film win academy award for daniel day lewis ( best actor ) as well a best support actress for the actress play his mother while it also receive oscar nomination for best picture and best director and and best adapt screenplay . a a retired clinical psychologist and family therapist and while many film may entertain me and many also often leave me have to overlook gross fiction or improbability in realistic psychological reaction . not this film it be absolutely spot on in portray typical irish parental role and behavior ( see and e. g. and see typical irish family in mcgoldrick ethnicity and family therapy ) as well christy brown uneven emotional maturation some immature personality reaction that be even far amplify by his pick up trait of his father . the film present the great truth while change certain sequence in his development ( paint and write ) and condense several important people into one person and for the sake of tell a coherent and believable story and not burden by small and distract and less important actuality . ( see christy brown in wikipedia for more accuracy . ) the dvd version we be show have some english subtitle that be a great help in understand christy speech ( and some of the irish speech ) while the initial release of the film may have lack this . ( if you see this on dvd and enable that option . ) the performance by daniel day lewis be one of the great and believable act job i have ever see . truly magnificent and outstanding and superlative . my left foot bear more than some similarity to a more recent film and the diving bell and the butterfly and in that each portray the life of a real person successfully surmount the imprisonment and isolation of an extremely severe physical handicap . and in do so and it resonate with william ernest henley invictus which begin represent out of the night that cover me and or or black a the pit from pole to pole and or or i thank whatever god may be or or for my unconquerable soul .