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.

• DirectorJim Sheridan
• Release7 April 1989
• GenreDrama
• Duration1h 43m
• Budget$645,180
• Revenue$14,743,391
• Rate
  

  7.5
  949 reviews
• Productions

  Ferndale Films, Granada Television, RTÉ