My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown 1989

A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.

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R
Drama

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.

Release Date 1989-04-07
Runtime 1h 43m
Directors Jim Sheridan, Jack Conroy, Mark Geraghty, Kevan Barker, Michael Rowland
Producers Paul M. Heller, Noel Pearson, Steve Morrison, Arthur Lappin
Writers Jim Sheridan, Shane Connaughton, Christy Brown