7.5/10
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
"A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle."
1989
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1h 43min
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.
Director
Jim Sheridan
Starring
Daniel Day-Lewis · Brenda Fricker · Alison Whelan · Kirsten Sheridan · Declan Croghan
