My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

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

Mar 30 1990 R 1h 43m
Biography, 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.

Plot

Christy Brown is born with cerebral palsy to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs. Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous artist who uses his dexterous left foot to write and paint.

Written by

Shane Connaughton, Jim Sheridan, Christy Brown

Directed by

Jim Sheridan

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom, Ireland

Production Companies

RTÉ, Granada Television, Ferndale Films

Languages

English

Awards

Won 2 Oscars. 23 wins & 20 nominations total

Trailers
Trailer My Left Foot -1989-
My Left Foot - 1989 Trailer
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Scores
# of Votes
84,671
Average Rating
7.8 out of 10
Metascore
97
Popularity
NA