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: 1989
Rating: 7.523
Genre: Drama
Duration: 103 min
Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
Production: Ferndale Films, Granada Television, RTÉ
Daniel Day-Lewis
as Christy Brown
Brenda Fricker
as Mrs. Brown
Alison Whelan
as Sheila
Kirsten Sheridan
as Sharon
Declan Croghan
as Tom
Eanna MacLiam
as Benny