My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
1989-04-07 • Drama • 1h43m • Released
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A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.
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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.
Ferndale Films, Granada Television, RTÉ
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