My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1989-04-07
- Runtime:
- 103 min
- Genres:
- Drama
- Director:
- Jim Sheridan
- Top cast:
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 7.5/10 from 1,025 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 7.5/10