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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> Jim Sheridan (Director)
> Jack Conroy (Director of Photography)
> Michael Rowland (Second Assistant Director)
> Kevan Barker (Assistant Director)
> Mark Geraghty (Assistant Art Director)
> Shane Connaughton (Screenplay)
> Jim Sheridan (Screenplay)
> Christy Brown (Book)