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: 1989-04-07

Genres: Drama

Director: Jim Sheridan

Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis ,Brenda Fricker ,Alison Whelan ,Declan Croghan ,Eanna MacLiam ,Marie Conmee ,Kirsten Sheridan ,Cyril Cusack ,Phelim Drew ,Ruth McCabe

Duration: 1h 43m

IMDB rating: 7.5