My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.
1989-04-07
Ireland, United Kingdom
103 minutes.
Overview
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.
Year 1989
Studio Ferndale Films, Granada Television, RTÉ
Director Jim Sheridan
Crew Elmer Bernstein (Original Music Composer), Paul M. Heller (Executive Producer), Jack Conroy (Director of Photography), Noel Pearson (Producer), Steve Morrison (Executive Producer), Shane Connaughton (Screenplay)
Popularity 2
Language English
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