My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

1h 43m · 1989 · Directed by Jim Sheridan · 3.9 / 5 on Letterboxd

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) runs 1h 43m, directed by Jim Sheridan. It is one of 3,647 films in the 100 Minute Movies catalog — every one rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members and short enough to finish in an evening.

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.

Genres: Drama

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