My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.
1989 1 hour 43 minutesA film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.
1989 1 hour 43 minutes
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.
7th April 1989
37 years ago
1 hour 43 minutes
Finishes at 6:21pm
$645,180 ($1,394,621 today)
Revenue $14,743,391
Won 2 Oscars. 23 wins & 20 nominations total
7.8/10
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