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

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

Drama

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

Release Date: 1989, April 7
Directors: Jim Sheridan
Countries: United Kingdom, Ireland
Production: Ferndale Films, Ferndale Films, Granada Television, Granada Television, RTÉ, RTÉ
Cast: Fiona Shaw, Jer O'Leary, Martin Dunne, Brenda Fricker, Don King, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cyril Cusack, Conor Lambert, Pat Laffan, Hugh O'Conor, Phelim Drew, Britta Smith

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.

Keywords:

biography based on true story author flashback working class foot disabled cerebral palsy poet bodily disabled person