My Left Foot
– In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into..
In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to be retarded for the first ten years of his life.
30 Mar 1990
English
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Jim Sheridan
Shane Connaughton (screenplay), Jim Sheridan (screenplay), Christy Brown (novel)
Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to write with.
Won 2 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 20 nominations.
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