STORY
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.
CAST & CREW
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Brenda Fricker
- Alison Whelan
- Kirsten Sheridan
- Declan Croghan
Cast
- Jim Sheridan
- Michael Rowland
Directors
INFORMATION
- Ferndale Films
- Granada Television
- RTÉ
Production Companies
- Ireland
- United Kingdom
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- English