My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)

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.

Released

1989-04-07

Genres

Drama

Runtime

103 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Shane Connaughton, Jim Sheridan, Jim Sheridan

TMDB rating

7.5/10 from 1071 votes