My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
Directed by Jim Sheridan
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
Language: en
Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom
Production
Cinematographer: Jack Conroy · Composer: Elmer Bernstein · Editor: J. Patrick Duffner · Production Design: Austen Spriggs
Production: Ferndale Films
Budget: $645K
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