My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
"A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle."
Overview
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.
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Details
| Status: | Released |
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| Release Date: | 1989-04-07 |
| Budget: | $645,180 |
| Revenue: | $14,743,391 |
| Production: | Ferndale Films, Granada Television, RTÉ |
