Movie
7.5/10 · TMDB
A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.
Overview
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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Information
- Release date
- 21 July 1989
- Director
- Jim Sheridan
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Country of origin
- Ireland
