RTÉ Documentaries

Feats Of Modest Valour (2017x12)

Fecha de emisión: Nov 12, 2017

‘Feats of Modest Valour’ intimately follows three people with Parkinson’s Disease, all longing for a remedy. Meanwhile in Galway, Dr Eilís Dowd and her team of scientists are developing a new medical device which could potentially cure the devastating disease. The film includes renowned Irish actor Tom Hickey who played Benji in The Riordans and who was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Abbey Theatre. Woven together with observation and animation, ‘Feats of Modest Valour’ invites you to witness the story of groundbreaking medical science and offers a contemplation of life and mortality.