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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

R·1989·103m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Jim Sheridan

Book

Christy Brown

Screenplay

Shane Connaughton

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$645,180.00

Revenue:

$14,743,391.00

Keywords

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