My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
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.
- Year: 1989
- Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Ferndale Films, Granada Television, RTÉ
- Keyword: bodily disabled person, poet, biography, based on true story, foot, flashback, author, working class, disabled, cerebral palsy, oscar-nominated
- Director: Jim Sheridan
- Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam
