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“Build Yourself Up”
Inspired by a true story. After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, Lee copes with his illness by developing a tiny house that will accommodate his deteriorating body.
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EN
No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.