My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

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.

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

103 min

Cast:

Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan

Quality:

HD

Director:

Jim Sheridan

Release:

1989

Country:

Ireland, United Kingdom

Rating:

7.5