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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

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

7.5(1,070)19891h 43m5

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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Status
Released
Budget
$645.2K
Box office
$14.7M
Language
English
  • bodily disabled person
  • poet
  • biography
  • based on true story
  • foot
  • flashback
  • author
  • working class
  • ireland
  • disabled
  • cerebral palsy
  • irish film

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Jim Sheridan

Produced in

Ireland, United Kingdom

Gallery

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Videos

Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR10 Nov 1989
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1521 Jul 1989
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical7 Dec 1989
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical12 Sept 1989
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Physical1 Apr 1994
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical121 Feb 1990
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical1315 Nov 1989
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical127 Apr 1989
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG21 Apr 1990
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TheatricalAL23 Mar 1990
    • PhysicalALDVD7 May 2013
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical153 Jan 1991

Frequently asked questions

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown was released on 7 April 1989.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    1/25/2025

    7/10

    There's a pretty fine line between mimicry and acting, and acting that's natural and that which has been rehearsed to within an inch of it's life. I think it's very much the natural that Daniel Day-Lewis delivers here, as does Hugh O'Conor as his younger persona, as we learn of the upbringing of a young lad born with very limited movement and learning difficulties, but a mind that's clearly sharp and a face that's ex…

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