My Left Foot (1989)

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.

103 min★ 7.8 · 86,177 votes

• Biography
• Drama

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.

Release date

April 7, 1979

Country of origin

Ireland, United Kingdom

Budget

$645,180

Box office

$14,743,391