My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
7 December 1989 (AU)Drama1 hour and 43 minutes
75%
A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.
Description
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.
Actors
Status
Released
Original language
English
Budget
$645,180
Revenue
$14,743,391
Keywords
bodily disabled personpoetbiographybased on true storyfootflashbackauthorworking classdisabledcerebral palsy