2:30 - 5:00 pm - 2nd SFNS Neuro Cinema Festival, Moderator:  Oscar Abeliuk, MD 
On-Site at the Lodge 

This event is aimed to offer us, as well as the public, an opportunity to discuss these films from different perspectives. (Please choose one) For a synopsis on each film and discussion angle, please click here. Registration for the Neuro Cinema is through the Questionnaire linked to your online meeting registration.  (Please choose one when registering online through the registration form questionnaire. If you registered online but did not indicate which film you were interested in viewing, please change your Questionnaire response by clicking here .  If you did not register online, please RSVP by e-mail to Amanda Pacia at apacia@sfneurological.org.

My Left Foot

Jim Sheridan's 1989 drama based on the autobiography by Christy Brown, "Down All The Days," tells the story of a man who overcame sever physical limitations to become an accomplished painter and writer.  Sheridan's film portrays the astounding arc of Brown's life, beginning with a childhood diagnosis of cerebral palsy that causes everyone but his mother to believe he is brain-damaged.  Brown begins to turn this misconception around by using his left foot and a piece of chalk to scrawl a one-word message to his mother on the floor.  His subsequent growth into a profound artist is something miraculous.  Director Jim Sheridan contributes to a fully three-dimensional portrait of Brown by showing such scenes as Brown playing soccer with his brothers, experiencing the sting of un requited love, and battling alcoholism.   

Starring:  Daniel Day-Lewis, Ray McNally, Brenda Fricker, Fiona Shaw

Duration:  1hr 43 mins

Dr. Daniel Shalom and Dr. Eric Collins will lead a discussion following the viewing of the film, My Left Foot.

A Beautiful Mind

Ron Howard delivers what has been called his finest efforts, with his 2001 film based loosely on Sylvia Nasar's biography of mathematician John Forbes Nash.  Nash, a Princeton professor is stuck in his thoughts to come up with an original idea that will make his professional genius matter.  The character of Nash is depicted as a socially awkward, eccentric, and extremely competitive individual whose diagnosis of schizophrenia sends him into a descent of madness.   

Starring:  Russel Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Adam Goldberg

Duration:  2hrs 16mins 

Dr. Bruce Miller and Dr. Ike Silverman will lead a discussion following the viewing of the film, A Beautiful Mind.

Adam

Director Max Mayer unfolds a story of a handsome and intriguing young man with Asperger's Syndrome in this 2009 film. The protagonist of the story, Adam has led a sheltered existence his whole life until he comes across his new neighbor, Beth.  Beth, a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman pulls Adam into the outside world creating an offbeat romantic comedy.   

Starring:  Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Frankie Faison, Mark Linn-Baker 

Two Pediatric Neurologists are expected to lead a discussion following the viewing of the film, Adam.  The names of these physicians are to be announced soon.